Susannah Thorsen
Senior Manager Of Strategic Decision Support
Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolSusannah Thorsen is a data-driven public-sector leader with over a decade of experience translating complex social challenges into measurable, community-centered solutions. She has led analytics and strategy teams across city government and healthcare—building open data platforms, designing data governance, and directing federal grant strategies to advance housing, health, and equity initiatives. At Lancaster she combined grant management with innovative staffing and program design (e.g., Housing Social Worker funded by CDBG) and later scaled operational analytics and stakeholder-facing insights in healthcare. Now shaping enterprise analytics strategy at Penn Medicine, she blends technical fluency in R and dashboards with hands-on program delivery and a talent for cross-sector partnership. Colleagues describe her as a creative problem-solver who favors practical, data-informed actions that directly benefit communities.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Arts, Major in English Literature; Minor, Global Studies; Minor, Spanish, 3.58, Bachelors of Arts, Major in English Literature; Minor, Global Studies; Minor, Spanish, 3.58 at Binghamton UniversityMaster in Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration, 3.79 (current), Master in Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration, 3.79 (current) at Syracuse University - Maxwell SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Nottingham High School (Syracuse City School District)
English, rGithub contributions (5)
subartle/Understanding-Syracuse
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:180 commits, 179 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
subartle/Understanding-Lancaster
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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