Hon. Susan Maree Ryan, AO (b.1942)
Ms Ryan has been the Executive Director
of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia since 1993. Following
a career as a teacher and tutor, she became a Senator from 1975 to 1988,
a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1975 and a delegate to
the ACT ALP Branch Council from 1973 to 1988. Among her portfolios she was
the Minister for Education (1984-87) and the Minister Assisting the PM on
Status of Women (1983-88).
Ms Ryan was a founding member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) in ACT
and became a member of the Republican Advocate Committee in 1993.
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