About Susan K. Flinn

Susan K. Flinn has worked in the public health/public policy field since 1989 and specializes in reproductive and sexual health issues. Since 1998, Ms. Flinn has provided consulting services for non-profit organizations as well as State and Federal governmental agencies. The author of numerous publications, Ms. Flinn researches, drafts, and edits materials for a range of audiences, including policymakers, providers, and the general public. She also plans meetings and creates meeting reports and proceedings. In addition, she helps non-profit organizations with a variety of short and long-term projects. In general, she helps her clients work more efficiently, and get more done. See below for a listing of her publications and the trainings she's conducted. To download PDF versions, click here for Selected Publications, or here for Selected Trainings & Workshops

Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Flinn was the Director of Legislative Affairs at Advocates for Youth, a non-profit that promotes adolescent sexual and reproductive health. At Advocates, she represented these issues before state and national policymakers, raised over $225,000 in departmental funding, supervised staff, and wrote numerous publications on adolescent health. She has also worked at the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), the American Association of University Women, and Maryland NARAL. Click here for Ms. Flinn's resume.

Ms. Flinn has served on several Boards of Directors, including the National Assembly on School Based Health Care (NASBHC), the Ambrose Foundation, Metro TeenAIDS and the Bryn Mawr Club of Washington, D.C.

She holds a M.A. in Public Policy and Women's Studies from George Washington University and a B.A. in Urban/Art History from Bryn Mawr College.

Selected Publications

Innovative Approaches to Promoting Healthy Weight in Women: Grantee Report. Rockville: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 2006.

Opening Doors: A Guide for Building Effective Linkages Between CARE-Act Funded Providers and Key Points of Entry to Health Care (primer and workbook). Washington: Coalition Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR) Coalition. 2003.

A Critical Need for a Government, Business, and Labor Tripartite Response to HIV/AIDS at the Workplace. (Country Briefs and Needs Assessments on HIV/AIDS and workplace programs in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe). Washington: Academy for Educational Development (AED). 2003.

Preventing Childhood Overweight in Maryland: Strategic Planning Results. Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (The Center for Maternal and Child Health). 2002.

Health Plan Enrollment and Services -- Providing Prevention Information and Services to High-risk Youth Through S-CHIP and Other Programs. With Kolbert, K. (Briefing Papers for the Open Society Institute.) Philadelphia, PA: Annenburg School of Communications. 2001.

Manual Vacuum Aspiration: Expanding Women's Access to Safe Abortion Services. With Baird, T. Chapel Hill, NC: Ipas. 2001.

Early Medical Abortion: Issues for Practice. With Stewart, F, Wells, E and Weitz, T. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy. 2001.

Selected Editing Projects

The Women's Health Activist. Editor. Washington, DC: National Women's Health Network. 2005—present.

Outreach: The Newsletter of Metro TeenAIDS, Editor, Washington, DC: Metro TeenAIDS. 2005—present.

Designing an Integrated Strategy for Peace, Security and Development in Post-Agreement Sudan (Language editor). Emeric Rogier. The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael Institute). April, 2005.

Sexual and Reproductive Rights: A Manual for Training Facilitators (Editor). Washington, DC: The CATALYST Consortium. 2005.

Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Education into Service Delivery: A Program for Rural Communities in Bangladesh (The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee & The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research) (Editor). Washington: International Center for Research on Women. 2000.

Improving the Efficiency of Microfinance Organizations: A Training Program for Indian Institutions (Friends of Women's World Banking, India) (Editor). Washington: International Center for Research on Women. 2000.

Skills Acquired in Exile and their Application in Peacetime: A Qualitative Study of Salvadoran Refugee Women (Las Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida) (Editor). Washington: International Center for Research on Women. 2000.