Susan Alberti

Susan Marie "Sue" Alberti AC (born 18 May 1947) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist and former Vice President of the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

DANSU Group successfully completed substantial commercial, industrial and property development projects, especially in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs, including Hallam, Dandenong, and surrounds.

[citation needed] Alberti has supplemented her successful business career with a major contribution and commitment to fundraising and promotion of juvenile diabetes research.

[1] In November 2013, she retired from all positions associated with JDRF Australia and JDRI stating that "it has become apparent that the organisation I joined 30 years ago and have championed ever since is heading in a direction that I cannot support".

[11] She is Patron of the Prime Ministers' Sporting Oration (PMSO)[12] – a leadership initiative highlighted by a speech delivered by a former occupant of Australia's highest office.

The inaugural PMSO was delivered by Julia Gillard, Australia's 27th Prime Minister, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 21 November.

[citation needed] She was re-appointed to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board for a further three years in July 2020.

[22] Alberti was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2016 for 'eminent service to the community, particularly through philanthropic and fundraising support for a range of medical research, education and sporting organisations, as an advocate for improved health care services for the disadvantaged, and to young women as a role model and mentor'.