Susan Alberti AC

Businesswoman, philanthropist, women’s football pioneer, 2018 Victorian of the year … anyone who can accomplish all that in life has to be somebody special. She is. She’s Susan Alberti.

Susan Alberti AC, has forged paths in areas traditionally dominated by men. She was the co-founder and Managing Director of a large building company, the Chairman of her own medical research foundation and the Ambassador for the National Women’s Football League.

Through the Susan Alberti Medical Research Foundation, she has helped to raise more than $200 million towards finding a cure for type 1 diabetes after her daughter Danielle, a diabetes sufferer, died in her arms on a flight home from New York.

A trailblazer in Women’s football, Susan Alberti has been instrumental in the formation of a National Women’s Football League as well as the success of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

She was named Melburnian of the Year in 2017 and awarded the AIS Award for leadership for her vision and influence in driving the launch of the inaugural AFL Women’s competition in 2017. On top of that, she was the recipient of the Person of Sporting Influence of 2017 at the Australian Women’s Health in Sport Awards. The list of accolades goes on, but our space is running out.

Susan Alberti is passionate, committed, ambitious and has a gift to connect with any audience. Susan has given more to Australia than she’s taken from Australia. How many of us can say the same?

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