Goldberg, Susan
Posted 12/18/2009 10:37:00 AM

Susan Goldberg was named editor of The Plain Dealer in May of 2007. Prior to that she was the executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News from 2003-2007, after working as managing editor at the paper for four years. From 1989-1999, Goldberg worked at USA Today, serving as a deputy managing editor of the News, Life and Enterprise sections. Previously she worked as a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press. She began her career as a reporter at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

A Michigan native, Goldberg has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University. She is on the boards of The City Club of Cleveland and Business Volunteers Unlimited. She is active in professional journalism organizations, serving on the board of directors and treasurer of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also is co-chair of the Medill School of Journalism’s Board of Visitors at Northwestern University. Locally, she is on the boards of Business Volunteers Unlimited and The City Club. She lives in Cleveland Heights with her husband, Geoffrey Etnire, a real estate attorney. They have a son, Colin, who attends Bates College.