G. Susan Nemeth

Director of Development, Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)

As CAWP’s director of development since 1992, Nemeth has raised funds for national and regional Forums for Women State Legislators and Forums for Newly Elected Women State Legislators, NEW Leadership™ residential programs for college women, Ready to Run™ campaign training programs for women, and CAWP’s award-winning web site. In addition to managing the CAWP’s fundraising efforts, she also serves as a public relations specialist for the Center, helping to promote new programs and recruit participants.

Nemeth began her public service career at New Jersey Citizen Action, where she served in a number of capacities over the course of ten years. She organized a statewide coalition of women’s advocates to lobby for path-breaking Family and Medical Leave legislation and led a successful campaign that gathered 20,000 signatures to petition the Board of Public Utilities.

A first generation American of Hungarian descent, Nemeth serves as a volunteer with the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick. She is also active in Princeton where she lives with her son. In 2006, Nemeth was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Princeton Education Foundation. She also represents Princeton Township on the Mercer County Democratic Committee.

Nemeth earned a B.A. from Douglass College, graduating with high honors, and an A.A. from Middlesex County College, where she received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Studies of History and Social Behavior.