Name:	Susan Gust
Title:	Community Activist
Department:	-
Organization:	-
Phone:	(612) 724-5753
Fax:	(712) 724-4183
Email:	sgustsrc [a] aol.com
Address:	2819 East 28th St. Minneapolis, MN 55406

Brief Biography:
Susan Ann Gust is a community activist and small business owner of a 32-year-old construction management, consulting, and community development company. Her work in construction and economic/environmental justice led to her founding of the ReUse Center in Minneapolis. Currently, through her business, she and her life partner are the Facility Managers of a 114-year-old building that houses a family violence prevention program. Susan is also co-coordinator with two University of Minnesota faculty members of an initiative called GRASS Routes (Grassroots Activism, Sciences and Scholarship). This initiative assists in the forming, mentoring, and sustaining of community-university partnerships. She was a University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute Public Policy Fellow from 2003-2004. Her civic work includes co-founding and serving on the Phillips Neighborhood Healthy Housing Collaborative, where she learned the importance of research in restoring community health. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC), a federally qualified community clinic. She is also serving her second-term appointment as the Ward 9 representative to the City of Minneapolis's Public Health Advisory Committee. Susan is a board member of Community Campus Partnerships for Health, a national nonprofit that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher education institutions. She is also a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

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