Susan McLean joined DRNC in December of 2018. McLean grew up in the Triangle and earned a degree in special education from East Carolina University. She taught and developed after-school programs for a number of years before joining the American Red Cross as a blood recruiter. McLean returned to education as part of the administrative team of the Center for International Education (now Participate) in Chapel Hill.
Susan’s winding career path brought her to DRNC after more than 15 years as part of the develop teams at both Duke University (2005-2011) and UNC’s (2011-2028) law schools. She and her husband live in Raleigh. She and her husband were the care-provider for her adult brother with an intellectual disability, who sadly passed away in 2022.
She spends as many weekends as possible in the mountains visiting her daughter in Asheville or hiding away in her tiny cabin off the Blue Ridge Parkway.