Susan Brenner formerly served as Y.O.U.'s Board President, and has served the Chicagoland community through both her career and volunteer efforts.
She earned a master’s degree in childhood leadership and advocacy and worked for 25 years in the field of early childhood in Evanston and as the Director of Unity Nursery School for ten years. After she retired, Sue served as President of the Childcare Network of Evanston and is currently the Disaster Chair at the Red Cross-Greater Chicago Region. As a member of the Disaster Services Client Casework team she went to New York several months after the September 11 attacks, and after Hurricane Katrina she helped the Chicago chapter provide services to 7,500 people who came to Chicago.
