Susan Nierenberg
Susan Nierenberg
Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Communications
snierenberg@catalyst.org
Susan Nierenberg leads Catalyst’s Global Communications, developing and directing marketing and corporate communications strategy and programs for Catalyst in North America and Europe. She has played a leadership role in developing greater awareness of Catalyst, particularly by the media, through the expansion of the Speakers Bureau and by defining Catalyst to its many audiences globally.
Ms. Nierenberg has extensive experience in integrated marketing and communications management. Prior to joining Catalyst, she was president of The Informedia Group Inc., where she designed and directed strategic marketing communications and branding programs for major corporations and nonprofit organizations. She held senior management positions at both J. Walter Thompson and Ruder & Finn, where she led the broadcast/video division. She was instrumental in championing women’s health issues and developed partnership programs that increased recognition of brand leadership and commitment to social responsibility. For her communications work she is the recipient of two PRSA Big Apple Awards and a Silver Anvil Award.
She was also a special projects associate producer at WCBS-TV News in New York and managed field and press operations in national and state political campaigns. She has published articles on strategic applications of new technologies in communications. Ms. Nierenberg received a B.A. in Political Science from Douglass College of Rutgers University and completed special studies at L’Institut des Etudes Politiques de Paris. She is married with two children.