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'''Suzanne M. Rivera''' (born 1969) is an American bioethicist, science policy expert, and president of [[Macalester College]]. She is the first female and first Latina president in the college’s history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Macalester Announces Dr. Suzanne Rivera As First Female and Latinx President|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/02/03/macalester-announces-dr-suzanne-rivera-as-first-female-and-latinx-president/|date=February 3, 2020|website=WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="twincities_2020-02-03">{{Cite news|last=Verges|first=Josh|date=Feb 3, 2020|title=Macalester's 17th president will be first female and Latina to hold the office|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/02/03/macalesters-17th-president-will-be-first-female-and-latina-to-hold-the-office/}}</ref> Rivera’s presidential Inauguration ceremony was held at Macalester on October 9, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Macalester inaugurates first female, Latino president|url=https://www.startribune.com/macalester-inaugurates-first-female-latino-president/600105213/|date=October 9, 2021|website=Star Tribune|access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref> Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed it as "Suzanne M. Rivera Day" in the state.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Macalester |number=1446913641245257735 |title=Today is officially @macalesterpres Suzanne M. Rivera Day in the State of Minnesota! #heymac 💙🧡}}</ref>

From 2011-2020, Rivera worked at [[Case Western Reserve University]] (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. While serving as Vice President for Research and Technology Management, she also served on the CWRU faculty in the Departments of [[Bioethics]] and [[Pediatrics]].<ref name="biography-dr-suzanne-rivera">{{Cite web|title=Biography: Dr. Suzanne Rivera|url=https://www.macalester.edu/president/biography-dr-suzanne-rivera/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Macalester College|language=en-US}}</ref>

She is the Chair of the Board of Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research ([[PRIM&R]]),<ref>{{Cite web|titlename=Biography: Dr. Suzanne Rivera|url=https://www.macalester.edu/president/"biography-dr-suzanne-rivera"/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Macalester College|language=en-US}}</ref> and is an elected Member-at-large of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]'s (AAAS) Social, Economic, and Political Sciences section.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VP for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera and Anthropology’s Cynthia Beall elected to leadership roles in The American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://thedaily.case.edu/vp-suzanne-rivera-and-anthropologys-cynthia-beall-elected-to-leadership-roles/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Case Western Reserve University|language=en-US}}</ref> Previously, she was a Board member for the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) and served as an appointed member of the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]]’s Human Studies Review Board and the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|DHHS]] [[Office for Human Research Protections#Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP)|Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections]].<ref>{{Cite web|titlename=Biography: Dr. Suzanne Rivera|url=https://www.macalester.edu/president/"biography-dr-suzanne-rivera"/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Macalester College|language=en-US}}</ref>

Rivera's husband, Michael Householder, is a scholar of Early American Literature and author of the book Inventing Americans in the Age of Discovery: Narratives of Encounter (Ashgate, 2011). They met at Brown University and have two children together.<ref>{{Cite news|lastname=Verges|first=Josh|date=Feb 3, 2020|title=Macalester's 17th president will be first female and Latina to hold the office|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/"twincities_2020-02/-03"/macalesters-17th-president-will-be-first-female-and-latina-to-hold-the-office/}}</ref>

* Distinguished Educator, [[National Council of University Research Administrators]] (NCURA), 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCURA Distinguished Educator Designation |url=https:https://www.ncura.edu/Education/NCURADistinguishedEducatorDesignation.aspx |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=NCURA}}</ref>