Susie Stern is a distinguished leader with more than four decades of experience in faith-based and non-profit organizations at both local and international levels. Stern is a recognized expert in volunteer engagement, fundraising, and creating platforms and programs for various organizations. She is a former Chair of the United States' Presidential Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, having been nominated by former President Barack Obama. Stern, a member of Joe Biden's National Finance Committee, has founded multiple conferences and programs such as the International Lion of Judah Conference and Jewish Women for Joe.

She is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care, and also a graduate of the University of Illinois' School of Public Health, studying Master of Public Health (MPH). Stern has served in various executive roles, including Vice Chair at The Jewish Federations of Northern America, Commission and former Chair of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service, and as Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, Finance Committee, among others.