Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson has been with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) since 1997 and is the organization's Executive Director. She directs the Children and Family Advocacy and the Media & Disability Programs as well as DREDF's Foster Youth Resources for Education (FYRE) project to heighten awareness and protect the rights of children with disabilities in the child welfare system. Ms. Henderson has worked in non-profit and law firm management and finance for over 20 years. She serves on the Board of the Ed Roberts Campus, a collective of seven non-profit agencies in the disability community that are collaborating on the construction of a universally-designed building in Berkeley, CA. She also serves on the Board of Community Resources for Science, an agency dedicated to strengthening science education in elementary schools. Ms. Henderson received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Davis. She holds an MBA degree from the California State University, Hayward.