Suzan (Suzi) LeVine

Watson Policy Mentor, Former Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Research Interests Entrepreneurship, Labor, State & Municipal Policy, Technology & Innovation, US Foreign Policy

Biography

Ambassador Suzan (Suzi) LeVine, a 1993 graduate of Brown University, has over 25 years of experience leading global organizations across government, corporate and non-profit sectors. She is a board director for Publicis Groupe, an advisory board member for OpenClassrooms and serves on the non-profit boards of CareerWise USA, Research Improving People’s Lives and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

During the past decade, she has developed landmark programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion and catalyzed innovative workforce systems such as apprenticeships and paid family and medical leave. She brings to her work valuable experience and insights into the inner workings of government agencies, human capital retention and developing the workforce of the future.

In the public sector, she served as U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, commissioner for Washington State’s Employment Security Department, and acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.

She led the latter two through significant crises and change as they navigated the pandemic. As Ambassador, LeVine partnered with both nations to significantly advance apprenticeship in the U.S. These public sector successes leveraged her experiences working at both Microsoft and Expedia and as a stay-at-home mom to her two children.

LeVine has degrees in English and Mechanical Engineering from Brown University and enjoys civic engagement, dog-walking and paddleboarding.

Teaching

Spring 2022 - Brown University Study Group: How We Work (under the hood of the workplace - leadership, culture, policies and evolution)

Recent News

As the Watson Institute's Policy Mentor Program enters its second year, the program has expanded with a new focus on undergraduate International and Public Affairs (IAPA) concentrators in addition to Master of Public Affairs (MPA) students.
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Three International and Public Affairs concentrators spent the fall 2023 semester in the nation's capital serving as White House interns while participating in the Brown in Washington program where they took courses and learned more about what it takes to work in the public policy arena.
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A new Watson Institute initiative will provide Brown Masters of Public Affairs students and International and Public Affairs concentrators with additional opportunities to make valuable connections and receive career advice from distinguished Watson senior fellows.
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News from Watson

Spring 2023 practitioner-led study groups

These not-for-credit study groups provide an opportunity for students to delve deeply into topics and apply theory and research to real world challenges. Enrollment in each group is limited to 25 students. 
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