Susan Leger Ferraro

Susan is committed to the economic health of the broader community. She has written more than $40 M in for-profit grants to help businesses grow. Susan enthusiastically shares her expertise and collaborates closely with public and corporate leaders and the business community. Through The Imaginal Group, Susan works with socially conscious private and public organizations, facilitating access to alternative, free capital-grants, microfinance, and crowdsourcing-to support quadruple bottom line goals. Susan and her team continue to develop, write, and manage grants and campaigns to deliver funding for hiring, employee/leadership training and development, and capital needs. They also provide transformational leadership and wellbeing training, built around socially conscious cultures, behavioral economics, and employee engagement, designed in collaboration with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, and Gallup science, among others. Susan has held positions on the boards of MetaBrand Corp., American Education Group, Strategies for Children, Early Education for All, Middlesex Community College, Ayaworld Productions, Baby Loves Music, and FUNdamentals of Music and Movement. She has also been a member of Governor Deval Patrick's Early Education & Care Task Force, Presentation School Foundation Programming Committee, and WGBH's Curriculum Creation Committee and Between the Lions Development Summit Committee. Susan is also an Ambassador for Param Pranyog, a nonprofit dedicated to global healing through meditation.