Susan Scher ’86

Susan J. “Susie” Scher ’86 is a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs, where she is the chair of the Global Financing Group within Global Banking and Markets, making her one of the most senior woman executives at Goldman. Scher and her team advise large companies on financing, risk management, and capital structure. Susie is global sponsor of the LGBTQ+ Network and a senior advisor to the Investment Banking Council for Advancement of Racial Equity. Previously, she was co-head of the Global Financing Group. Before that, Susie was co-head of the Americas Financing Group. Earlier in her career, she served as head of Investment Grade Capital Markets and Risk Management in the Americas Financing Group. She joined Goldman Sachs in 1997, was named a managing director in 2001, and became a partner in 2006. She serves on the national board of the Posse Foundation and sits on the board of the Little Red Schoolhouse and Elizabeth Irwin High School in New York City. She also served on the Middlebury Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2016. A political science major at Middlebury, she holds a Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School.