The Honorable Susan R. McCaw and Mr. Craig O. McCaw

Biography

Susan McCaw is a businesswoman, former diplomat, and philanthropist. She served as the US ambassador to the Republic of Austria from 2005 to 2007. She was sworn in by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the US Supreme Court on November 30, 2005, and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presided over the ceremony. McCaw officially assumed her post as ambassador after presenting her diplomatic credentials to Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer on January 9, 2006. She is currently president of SRM Capital Investments, a private investment firm. Previously, she was president of COM Investments and a principal at Robertson Stephens & Co., a San Francisco-based investment bank. McCaw also worked as an associate in Robertson Stephens Venture Capital Group. McCaw started her career as a business analyst for McKinsey & Company in New York and Hong Kong.

McCaw serves on several boards, including Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Air Lease Corporation, Teach For America, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. She is also an overseer at the Hoover Institution, where she is vice chair of the Executive Committee. In addition, McCaw is a founding board member of the Malala Fund, a nonprofit founded by Malala Yousafzai that advocates for girls' education. She also serves on the Khan Academy Global Advisory Board, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Global Advisory Board, and the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors. McCaw is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council of American Ambassadors. She is trustee emerita of Stanford University, where she chaired the Development and Globalization committees. In 2019, McCaw received Stanford University’s Gold Spike Award, one of the University’s highest honors for exceptional leadership and volunteer service.

McCaw earned a BA in economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She was born and raised in Orange County, California, and has three children.