Susan L. MacLaurin, CFA
Chair
Susan MacLaurin, chair of Adler University’s Board of Trustees, is a retired chief communications officer with nearly four decades of experience in real estate, investment management and nonprofit governance.
OVERVIEW
Susan was named Adler University Board Chair in February 2025, and assumed the role in May. Having recently retired as chief communications officer at QuadReal, a global real estate company based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, with assets under management of $89 billion (Canadian), MacLaurin has nearly four decades of extensive experience in real estate, investment management, and nonprofit governance. She has served on Adler’s Board since November 2022.
Susan was formerly the executive vice president of portfolio management with GWL Realty Advisors. Previous positions included portfolio management with a Canadian pension plan, private real estate development and commissioned real estate sales.
Susan is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, completing the Directors Education Program in 2007. After 20 year of investment committee membership and board service at Bryn Mawr, Susan is now a Trustee Emeritus. Presently, Susan is Vice Chair of the CARE Canada Board, an organization working around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice.