Professor Susan C. Kim, JD, MPH, MBA, is the Senior Executive Director of Centers & Institutes at Georgetown Law and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University.

Previously, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she also held the role of Chief of Staff. Prior to her federal service, Professor Kim held several leadership positions at Georgetown University, including Executive Director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, and Deputy Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law.

Trained in law, public health, and business, her research focuses on the role of law and policy in health. Projects include emergency and pandemic preparedness, food safety regulation, global health governance, and infectious disease control. She has worked with organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of State, and the World Health Organization.

Professor Kim holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut, a Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Master of Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.