Susan MacLaury is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit media company Shine Global, a licensed social worker, and a retired educator.

[2] MacLaury was a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at Kean University from 1994 through 2014.

[3][4][5][6][7] In 2005, MacLaury and her husband Albie Hecht founded Shine Global,[8] a non-profit media company with the mission to give voice to children by telling stories of their resilience to raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.

MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary War/Dance.

[12][11] On May 14th, 2020 Susan MacLaury received an honorary doctoral degree from SUNY Cortland, her alma mater.