Susan S Radwan, MEd, CAE, SMP, GSP is the owner of Leading Edge Mentoring, a governance and leadership consulting firm with an international scope of practice, based in Grand Ledge, Michigan.  She is a contractor with Capacity Canada. 

Radwan consults with boards who want to become more strategic, facilitates Strategic Planning events, and teaches boards and CEOs of non-profit organizations in the ways of governance and association management.  Radwan attended the Policy Governance Academy, taught by John and Miriam Carver, in 1999.  Since then, a large percentage of her consulting work has focused on boards practicing or desiring to practice Policy Governance. Her consulting practice reaches a wide variety of organizations and boards who want to be more strategic in their approach to governing.  She currently coaches two Pan-Canadian Boards of Directors. 

Radwan holds the designation of Governance Systems Professional-Fellow (GSP), awarded from Govern for Impact which is an international association of governance professionals and practitioners.  Additionally, Radwan holds certifications in Association Management (CAE), Strategic Planning (SMP), Risk Management (ARM), Systems Thinking, Certification, Behavior Analysis, among others. Radwan loves to learn and add tools to her toolbox that will benefit her clients.  

Radwan has recently developed a 10-course virtual curriculum titled “The Modern Board” sponsored by Capacity Canada.  The project was created for two audiences:   

Boards that wish to enhance their governing capacity and learn together, and  

Young adults who want to help shape their communities and practice social responsibility by getting involved in a Canadian Registered Charity. 

Radwan also designed a governance certificate program for local government officials in Michigan, titled The Township Governance Academy.  She actively teaches the Boardsmanship coursework in that series of workshops. 

For the past several years, Radwan has led one-day workshops, titled ‘How to Become an Extraordinary Board’, sponsored by the Michigan Society of Association Executives.  This popular workshop has assisted many boards to move from being a working board to becoming strategic.  As a former teacher in grades 7-8, Radwan has developed a style of presenting that is interactive and uses props to clearly explain governance concepts. 

Radwan has co-authored a book titled Governing by Principles.  The book gives guidance to Boards on an approach to unleash the power of Policy Governance® which is a principles-based, systems-oriented model for governance. 

Radwan is the President of the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) and is currently the Chair of the ASP Certification Commission.