Suzanne Wright
2024 ALI Fellow

Suzanne Wright brings to ALI decades of experience in law, business, and philanthropy. She was a partner in a major Los Angeles litigation firm and defended class action lawsuits for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Suzanne taught trial advocacy skills at UCLA School of Law and was a criminal prosecutor in the Office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney. In 2010, she returned home to Massachusetts and became CEO of Microwave Research Corporation. Suzanne is an impact investor focused on infectious diseases that disproportionately affect the poor.

Suzanne’s philanthropic work supports the education of children in Asia, Africa and across the USA. Suzanne is on the Board of the California Science Center and the School of Leadership Afghanistan.