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Suzanne M. Bergeron serves as the Senior Legislative Director of Workforce, Civil Rights and Social Services at the National Urban League Policy Institute, where she promotes the National Urban League’s legislative agenda pertaining to workforce, civil rights and social services issues. Ms. Bergeron also coordinates with and provides technical assistance to affiliates in the Urban League Movement.

Prior to her employ with the National Urban League, Ms. Bergeron’s professional career in the field of social welfare spanned eight years, from 1973 to 1981. She served as a front-line social worker in public assistance, child protective services, and crisis intervention in the Massachusetts Department of Social Services in Boston, and served as Interim Supervisor in the Intake Unit for services in one of Boston’s largest offices. While there, she introduced outreach and interface functions with community agencies within the local service area, and testified before the state legislature.

Ms. Bergeron joined the National Urban League’s Washington, D.C. office in 1985 and has extensive experience in policy analysis and advocacy strategies. Ms. Bergeron received a Masters in Social Work Management (MSW) degree from Howard University, and a BA in child psychology from Stonehill College in Massachusetts.