Susan Gore is passionate about helping individuals and organizations realize their fullest potential. By the age of 30, Susan had worked in television, earned her Ph.D., taught in the United States and Europe and become Executive Director of the National Women’s Studies Association. She transferred the same energy into corporate marketing for two Fortune 500 firms, in addition to opening the Washington, DC office of a socially responsible money fund. In 1991, Susan established The Mentor Group, which offers strategic planning, education and training. Generational differences, GLBT-related issues and the role of religious values in the workplace are of particular interest to The Mentor Group

An engaging keynote speaker whose message of inclusion is crafted from personal experiences and delivered with a humorous touch, Susan is the first openly lesbian candidate admitted to Leadership Dallas, Leadership Texas and Leadership America. She is an active volunteer in organizations such as the Astraea Foundation, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Center for Public Dialog of First Unitarian Church in Dallas.

Susan received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Vanderbilt University and completed advanced training in managing cultural diversity at The Equity Institute in San Francisco. She has written on a variety of topics. Her book, Gays God and the Workplace: Not Mutually Exclusive offers critical insight on this timely topic (forthcoming, 2008). Other work includes: Courage, in Voices for Change (2008), Generational Differences in the Workplace: Collaboration or Conflict? in A Manager's Guide to Diversity (forthcoming, 2008), The Lesbian and Gay Workplace: A Guide to Advancing Equity in Education, Research and Practice in LGBT Issues (Sage, 1999) and A Feminist Mental Health Agenda for the Year 2000 (AWP, 1985).

Susan and her partner of 18 years, clinical psychologist Dr. Ann Wigodsky, love to travel, and have gone on medical missions to El Salvador, the Amazon and the Galapagos. Most weekends, though, they feed ducks, cook for friends and watch the sunset at their lake home outside Dallas.