Susan E. Danish is an experienced leader with a personal commitment to women’s leadership and a career of insights into products and services targeted to women in the for-profit, nonprofit and educational sectors.

Until she retired in 2019, she served as the CEO/executive director of The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI), one of the largest, oldest and most respected women’s organizations in the world with over 100,000 members in 298 communities.

Prior to joining the Association, Danish was the first executive director of the Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL) at Babson College in Wellesley, MA. – a top-ranked college for its programs in entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Danish’s substantial general management and marketing experience was honed at some of the best-known companies in the world. As general manager of the Department and Specialty Store Division of Kayser-Roth Corporation, she built leading brands including Calvin Klein hosiery and HUE legwear. Danish held top marketing positions ranging from senior vice president of marketing at Christie’s, the world’s oldest fine arts auction house, to marketing vice president at Express, the 600-store fashion-forward retail chain. Her early marketing management experience includes work at Procter & Gamble and Clairol. Her career also includes serving as president and CEO of a start-up skin care business.

Danish holds a B.S. in speech from Northwestern University, an M.S. in public relations from Boston University, and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In addition to her Board service with the Museum, she is a trustee of Miss Hall’s School, one of the most innovative college-preparatory schools for girls in the U.S., with students from over 20 countries. She is an investor in Broadway theatrical productions, with a particular interest in projects that feature women in key creative and management positions.