Suzanne Petroni is a Senior Program Officer for the Summit Foundation in Washington, DC, where she manages the foundation's Global Population and Youth Leadership program. In this capacity, she directs a $2 million annual grantmaking program to improve access by young people to sexual and reproductive health globally.

Suzanne came to Summit in 2001 after nine years with the U.S. government, where she worked on a range of global issues including population, health, the environment, women and refugees.

Suzanne received her B.A. in International Relations from the University of California at Davis, her M.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Gender and Social Policy at The George Washington University.