Sally Susman
Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer

Sally Susman is Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer for Pfizer Inc, the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical company. She leads strategic communications for the company, effectively communicating the company's mission, values and product news to its stakeholder audiences around the world. In this capacity she oversees worldwide media relations, colleague communications, corporate branding and reputation, corporate advertising, Internet and intranet services, and communications research. In 2009, Ms. Susman's portfolio expanded to include responsibility for Pfizer's Corporate Responsibility group, including the Pfizer Foundation.

Before joining Pfizer in February 2008, Ms. Susman was Executive Vice President for Global Communications at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., where for seven years she directed global communications strategy for the corporation and its 28 brands. Ms. Susman served as a member of the Executive Committee, served as company spokeswoman and was responsible for the company's media relations, employee communications and consumer relations.

Ms. Susman has also held several high-level communications and government relations posts at American Express Company. She directed media relations, internal communications and governmental affairs for all of American Express' international operations and expanded its online presence in the United States. From 1995 to 1997, she was based in London, where she was responsible for corporate communications and government relations for American Express throughout Europe.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Susman spent eight years in government service focused on international trade issues. Her positions included Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.S. Department of Commerce and Legislative Assistant for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

Ms. Susman holds a B.A. from Connecticut College; she spent a year studying abroad at the London School of Economics.

Ms. Susman is a Commissioner on the New York City Commission on Women's Issues, a position to which she was appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. She is a Trustee of Connecticut College and the New School University. Ms. Susman also serves on the boards of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation and The National Partnership for Women and Families.

She lives with her family in New York City.