Susan Reid Swecker is an American public affairs consultant serving as the chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia since 2015.
[3] She began working as a legislative aide for state senator Frank W. Nolen following his special election win in 1977.
[1] In 1980, she was a field operations assistant with the United States Census Bureau where she supervised crew leaders and enumerators.
[4] On December 3, 1981, Swecker, a member of the Augusta County Democratic Committee, was elected to serve a two-year term as its chair.
[8] In 1992, Swecker served as the campaign manager of Steve Musselwhite, a first-time candidate for Virginia's 6th congressional district.
[11] In 2015, she was elected as chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, succeeding Dwight Clinton Jones.