Susan Lederman has been on the faculty at Kean University since 1977. She was the founding executive director of the Gateway Institute for Regional Development and has served as director of Kean’s Master of Public Administration Program. Dr. Lederman is a past president of the League of Women Voters of the United States (1990-1992) and served as the president of the New Jersey League of Women Voters from 1985 to 1989. She chaired the Local Government Expenditure and Finance Task Force of the New Jersey State and Local Expenditure and Revenue Policy Commission (SLERP) from 1985 to 1988 and also was a member of the Local Expenditure Limitations Technical Review Commission.

She is co-author of the book, Elections in America: Control and Influence in Democratic Politics. A former president of the Northeastern Political Science Association, she has also served on the Council on New Jersey Affairs, Princeton University; as a commissioner of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC); and as director of the Alliance for Health Reform.