Professor Susan Dann AM is Professor of Marketing and Foundation Head of the Peter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University. Professor Dann’s expertise and research interest is in the strategic application of business applications to not for profit organisations with a specific focus on social marketing. In 2018 she was recognised as a member the Order of Australia for “significant service to business education through commercial marketing techniques to deliver positive social outcomes”.
Susan’s contributions to business education and learning and teaching include being Associate Dean Learning and Teaching at JCU Brisbane and her participation as a member of the Australian Business Dean’s Council Taskforce for the creation of Threshold Learning Outcomes for the discipline of marketing. These standards establish social responsibility as a fundamental benchmark for marketing education in Australia. She has held prior academic appointments at QUT, Griffith University and the University of Queensland.
Susan is a former (1990-2005) State President and National Deputy President of the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI). She also was instrumental in establishing the Australian Association for Social Marketing as Foundation President and was a Foundation Director of the International Social Marketing Association (representing Australasia). In her role in the Australian Marketing Institute Susan established and chaired the Government Marketing Conference to draw together practitioners from industry, third sector and government to share best practice for using marketing in government agencies.
Professor Dann has published across the management and marketing literature including publications in journals such as Gender Work and Organisation, Journal of Macromarketing and Journal of Product and Brand Management. She is author or co-author of eight books, two of which have been shortlisted for awards.
Professor Dann has spanned academia and industry with external appointments including being Director of Research and Executive Director of the National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre. She has served on a number of governance boards including Ozcare (current), St Rita’s College (current), General Practice Queensland, Quality Improvement Council, Australian Marketing Institute and the AFL Queensland Commission. Other appointments include as member of the Forde Foundation Board of Advice, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (legal practice tribunal) and Social Security Appeals Tribunal.
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