In the company of women-susan straight
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As a tireless champion for the ERA and women's rights, she left a legacy that the ERA Project will carry on proudly. from New York University. In June 1994, Wilson College awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Straight. Straight was a graduate of Bloomfield High School. She received her B.A. Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed her to the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority Board where Straight served as Vice Chairman from 1996 to 2003. Until her passing, Straight served as a Visiting Associate of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Straight served on the Board of Governors of Rutgers University from 2011 through December 2016 and on the Board of Trustees of Wilson College. She was a co-producer of a documentary about the ERA which is currently in post-production.
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Straight was also on the board of Rebelle Media, a film and TV production company dedicated to providing outstanding roles for women in front of and behind the cameras. AN ACCEPTABLE LOSS was released in theaters in 2019. Straight was also an Executive Producer of AN ACCEPTABLE LOSS, political thriller starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter. EQUITY is the first female-driven Wall Street film which premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2016 and was purchased by Sony Pictures Classics. Straight was a director of Neuberger and Berman’s mutual funds and the Executive Producer of EQUITY, an independent film starring two-time Emmy winner Anna Gunn. Straight also served as a principal in a private equity firm and as an Advisory Director of Securitas Capital, L.L.C., a global private equity investment firm specializing in insurance. Throughout her career she worked for numerous corporations including, Merck & Co. Susan has co-produced two independent films with strong female protagonists, Equity and An Acceptable Loss.Ĭandace Straight was a private investor and independent director.
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Susan has been published in the Huffington Post and the New York Times and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and MSNBC’s Up with Steve Kornacki discussing issues regarding reproductive choice and the Republican Party. She is the recent past-national Co-Chair of the Republican Majority for Choice having served on its board for 17 years. A former member of the Executive Board of Alpha Phi International Fraternity, based in Evanston, IL, she still serves as liaison to and board member of the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee and the Fraternity and Sorority Action Fund in Washington, D.C. Susan is a member of the board of the Equal Rights Amendment Project working to pass an amendment to the United States Constitution that will guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. As a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Susan served as Vice President and also co-chair of its capital campaign that rebuilt the pool and clubhouse and added a hockey rink. Susan sits on the board of the University of Washington Foundation and serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Washington Foster School of Business.
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A former corporate attorney, she has served on many boards, both locally near her home in Connecticut, as well as internationally. Susan Bevan is a philanthropist and non-profit volunteer.