With over 30 years’ experience in government, business and academia, founder Susan Wharton Gates has a wealth of knowledge, expertise and managerial capability in housing finance, mortgage reform, public budgeting, policy advocacy and ethics. A former Freddie Mac vice president, who witnessed first-hand the tremendous toll ideological strife takes on a proud organization, Susan is author of Days of Slaughter: Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017).

Susan holds a Ph.D. in public administration and policy and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. She teaches normative theory and business ethics at Virginia Tech and is a Capstone advisor at Georgetown University. An independent John Maxwell certified speaker and coach, Susan lectures on public service, ethics and leadership.

Wharton Policy brings together seasoned public policy professionals across diverse fields, including environment, housing, health care, immigration and education.

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