Sue Swenson
Biography
President, Inclusion International
United States
Sue Swenson is President of Inclusion International.
Sue served two terms of the United States Obama administration as Deputy and Acting Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and as Acting Director of Disability
and Rehabilitation Research. Sue was Commissioner for Developmental Disabilities in the Clinton
administration and has been Executive Director of the Kennedy Foundation and The Arc of the
United States.
Sue learned a lot from her middle son Charlie, who lived for 30 years with profound disabilities,
was included in neighborhood schools, and always lived with his family and in the community.