Susanne Goldstein is an engineer-designer-filmmaker-business strategist who uses people-centric creative-collaboration to help organizations accelerate their ability to change the world. Her diverse Hollywood, software, dot-com and social sector experience provide her with a unique framework for addressing social issues. She specializes in cutting edge technologies, business model innovation, and social networks.

Susanne has taught graduate course work in interactive product design at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is a founding partner in Social Venture Partners - Bay Area, where she led the effort to start an after school program for low-income families in San Francisco.

She has deep roots at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where she is a Center for Public Leadership Fellow, teaches a social enterprise leadership study group and founded Social Enterprise in Action, a social enterprise advocacy group. She also serves on the Kennedy School’s Alumni Board of Directors.

Susanne volunteers on a Harvard Business School CAP (Community Action Partners) consulting team working on projects for non-profit organizations in Boston and is part of the United Nations of Greater Boston Film Festival host committee. In a former life, she was a movie producer and screenwriter in Hollywood.

Susanne holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an A.B. in Theatre and Film Studies, both from Cornell University.

To learn more about Susanne, you can visit www.susannegoldstein.com. You can learn about her consultancy at The Accelerator.