Susan (Sue) Sedory MA CAE is a retired chief executive who has dedicated her entire nearly 40-year career to improving health care, from research through organizational leadership in the association, corporate and federal government sectors.
Most recently, Ms. Sedory served the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as its fourth (and first female) Executive Director. Previously, Ms. Sedory was the Executive Director of the Society of Interventional Radiology from 2011 to 2020 and worked for 14 years at the American Academy of Otolaryngology at various positions, including Chief Strategy Officer. She started her career in research first at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National Institutes of Health and later with The MEDSTAT Group (now Merative MarketScan).
Ms. Sedory has a Master’s Degree in Speech Science from the University of Maryland, and has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers. She earned her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 2008 and is serving as the elected President of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies through November 2024.