Susan E. Stroud is the founder and Executive Director of Innovations in Civic Participation, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC that supports the development of innovative, high-quality youth civic engagement policies and programs in the US and in other countries. ICP also serves as the Secretariat for the International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS), a global network of policymakers and practitioners with an interest in youth civic engagement. Ms. Stroud was the co-founder of the Talloires Network, a growing global coalition of 260 universities who share a commitment to education for civic engagement and social responsibility.

Prior to founding ICP, Ms. Stroud served as the senior advisor to the Director of the White House Office of National Service. The White House team led the creation of AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service. At the Corporation, Ms. Stroud served as senior advisor to the CEO, director of the Office of Federal Partnerships, and the first director of Learn and Serve America, a $43 million annual grants program that supports young people’s civic engagement.

From 1998-2001, Ms. Stroud worked at the Ford Foundation on a special initiative to support the development of youth civic engagement policies and programs in South Africa, Mexico, Russia, China and other countries.

Prior to moving to Washington, DC in 1993, Ms. Stroud served as Assistant to the President at Brown University and the founding director of the Swearer Center for Public Service and Campus Compact.