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Susan Hassan is as an experienced financial services executive, investor, and strategic advisor. She invests in and provides strategic advice to innovative early-stage companies. Susan previously served as a partner with Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago based private equity firm. At Valor, she led firm-wide management and strategic planning and served on the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining Valor, Susan was a corporate partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. During her nearly 20-year career with Skadden, she specialized in M&A transactions and corporate governance matters for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to growth and emerging stage. Susan is active in philanthropic and not-for-profit work. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of CARE, one of the world’s largest and oldest poverty relief organizations. She formerly served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Equality Now and on the boards of The Clean Energy Trust, the Women's Sports Foundation, and the Chicago Public Library. In 2009, the Aspen Institute named Susan a Henry Crown Fellow. She received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan.
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