Susan Bell

Susan Bell has served as Vice President for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation since 2000. She works with the Board and staff to continue to improve the effectiveness of the Foundation's programs and has managed its operations.

Most recently, she also served as Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, directing a portfolio of environmental grants in the United States, Europe, China, Mexico, and Brazil designed to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy and to address the problem of global warming.  She helped launch the ClimateWorks Foundation, a grant-making organization that partners with a network of affiliated organizations to promote public policies that prevent dangerous climate change in the geographic regions and economic sectors that have the greatest potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  

Susan's career includes work in strategic planning, development, alumni relations, and communications at Stanford University, the Sierra Club, and Northwestern University. At Stanford, she helped direct the Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program.

Susan serves on the board of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the European Climate Foundation, and as Vice Chair on the advisory board of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University.

Read "Foundations" – A Q&A with Susan Bell