Susan K. Freedman is a leading supporter of contemporary public art in New York City.
Since 1986, she has been the President of the Public Art Fund, which was founded by her mother Doris Chanin Freedman in 1977.
Growing up in New York, Freedman attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School and was in Rabbi Sally Priesand’s first confirmation classes at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.
Freedman was assistant to Mayor Edward I. Koch, and director of special projects and events for the Art Commission of the City of New York from 1983 to 1986.
She was formerly a member of the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, a jury member for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's World Trade Center Memorial competition, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Representative on the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Modern Art.