Susie Husted (she/her) joined GLAD Law as the Legal Team Operations Manager in September 2025. She brings experience across many professions, including law firms, libraries, museums, and non-profits, most recently serving as a supervisory paralegal in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.

At the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Susie was the lead paralegal for the District’s nationally-recognized affirmative civil enforcement group, handling complex white collar health care fraud litigation, and she supervised a team of paralegals supporting a wide range of civil cases, including fair housing, ADA, employment discrimination, and medical malpractice claims.  Susie’s leadership extended to national working groups tasked with developing guidance and training programs for all USAOs.  She served as the first non-attorney co-Chair of the e-Litigation Working Group, and she founded and served as the first Chair of a working group advocating for better working conditions for support staff.

Before joining the legal profession, Susie served as program manager for a New York-based environmental group lobbying for conservation and drinking water protection, and as project coordinator for the 2004 Boston Social Forum, a regional conference of civil society organizations held before the 2004 Democratic Convention.  Susie’s career experience also extends to information management.  After obtaining her Master Degree in Library Science from the City University of New York at Queens College, she worked as a public and academic librarian in New York and New Hampshire, and was active with non-profit and professional associations advocating for information equity for young adults in the GLBTQ+ and Native American communities.

In addition to her Master Degree, Susie holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire and a Leadership Development Certificate from Columbia University’s Institute for Not-for-Profit Management.