Suzanne Spero

Suzanne Spero is the President of The MCJ Amelior Foundation. For more than two decades, the foundation has focused its efforts on the well-being of the citizens of Newark, NJ. Its primary areas of work in the city are education, economic redevelopment support in the downtown, and health.

MCJ Amelior also supports and partners with numerous national and local programs in order to best serve people who are most in need. Globally, the foundation works to promote reducing the number of people who live in extreme poverty with a particular focus on ending deaths from malaria.

Suzanne currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women’s Association as Co-Vice President. She is also on the Board of Directors of Points of Light and on the Board of Trustees of LifeCamp. Suzanne sits on the Governing Board of Newark Alliance and is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Hackensack School of Medicine.

As a Co-Founder of Jersey Cares, Suzanne played a crucial role in the new organization’s mission to organize teams of socially minded individuals for community service projects. Most currently, she became an Advisory Board Member of The Co-Co, a cooperative community for women of all stages of life and career, to not only help them thrive, but to also enable them to fulfill their common desire to aid the community at large.

Prior to her non-profit career, Suzanne worked in Washington, DC for Congresswoman Marge Roukema. She is a graduate of Drew University’s College of Liberal Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Suzanne resides in Chatham, NJ with her husband and two children.