Susanna Aaron

Susanna is a married mother of two young boys and has lived in Greenwich Village her entire life. Until about eight years ago she worked as a producer at NBC Nightly News. During her varied television career she earned two Emmys: for documentary work with ABC News, and for NBC’s coverage of the 1992 Olympic Games, for which she produced profiles of athletes.

She has served on the board of Village Community School for over ten years, during which they launched a capital campaign and constructed a building, conducted extensive analysis of the school’s governance structure, and struggled with the ramifications of the recent crisis on Wall Street. She recently served as a volunteer research associate for the Center for an Urban Future, conducting interviews for a report on New York City’s creative economy, and has also done volunteer work with Wildcat Service Corporation, Donors Choose, and on Covenant House’s “9-Line” doing crisis intervention.

She attended several Village elementary schools, graduated high school from United Nations International School, and graduated with Honors from Wesleyan University in 1981. She is married to Gary Gilbert, the Executive Vice President of Time Warner Inc, and former assistant counsel to President Clinton and Justice Department lawyer.