Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel, Ph.D., CAE is the Executive Director of the Society for Research in Child Development. Dr. Le Menestrel is the chief administrative director at the Society and furthers the strategic goals of the Society through the implementation of scientific initiatives in collaboration with our staff and Governing Council. Dr. Le Menestrel provides oversight of SRCD’s peer-reviewed journals, grants, awards, and fellowships; collaborates with the executive leadership team on special scientific initiatives; leads professional development and scientific content on behalf of SRCD’s 4,000+ members; and builds relationships with scientific collaborators, both within the U.S. and internationally. Before joining SRCD, Dr. Le Menestrel was a Senior Program Officer in the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine where she directed five consensus studies on the well-being of children and families. Prior to her tenure with the National Academies, she was the founding national program leader for youth development research at 4-H National Headquarters, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Le Menestrel was also a founder of the Journal of Youth Development: Bridging Research and Practice and chaired its publications committee. She has published in numerous refereed journals and has been an invited member of several advisory groups including a research advisory group for the American Camp Association (ACA). She recently concluded a 3-year term as an elected member of the American Camp Association Board of Directors, serves on the Board of Directors for the Consortium of Social Science Associations, and is a volunteer mentor for the Dream Project. Dr. Le Menestrel holds a B.S. in psychology from St. Lawrence University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in human development and family studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She also has a nonprofit management executive certificate from Georgetown University, and she is a certified association executive.