Ms. Susan Magill III is the Managing Director for Philanthropic Services and Government Relations for the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit that serves the public interest by advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life. She spent most of her career in the Congress, including 22 years as U.S. Sen. John Warner’s Chief of Staff. In 1996, Ms. Magill temporarily left this position to be executive director of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the second inauguration of President Bill Clinton. She served as the director of the Washington Office of the Governor of Virginia under Gov. John Dalton and on the staffs of Rep. M. Caldwell Butler and the House Select Committee on Aging.

A graduate of the College of William and Mary, Ms. Magill served on the College’s Board of Visitors from 1997 to June 2006, also chairing the search committee to select the institution’s 26 th president. In addition to serving as Board Secretary and Vice Rector, Ms. Magill is only the second woman in the history of the College to serve as Rector.

She is a member of the Advisory Board of Mount Vernon and was selected in 2006 by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors as a “Lady Fairfax” for her outstanding contributions to the community.

Ms. Magill lives in Alexandria with her husband, John. Her daughter, Beth, is a 2006 graduate of the College of William and Mary and her son, Jay, is a sophomore at James Madison University.