Suzan Cook | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 3rd United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | |
| In office April 2011 –October 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Hanford |
| Succeeded by | David Saperstein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28,1957 New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic [1] |
| Alma mater | Emerson College (BA) Columbia University (MEd) Union Theological Seminary (M.Div.,DDiv) |
Suzan Denise Johnson Cook (born January 28,1957) is a U.S. presidential advisor,pastor,theologian,author,activist,and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under The Obama Administration from April 2011 to October 2013. [2] She has served as a policy advisor to President Bill Clinton and later to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros,a dean and professor of communications at Harvard University,a professor of theology at New York Theological Seminary,a pastor at a number of churches,a television producer,and the author of nearly a dozen books. She was the first female senior pastor in the 200-year history of the American Baptist Churches USA,Mariners Temple Baptist Church in NYC and a close friend of Coretta Scott King. She is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. [3]
