Susannah Goodman is a Detroit native. As an artist and arts administrator, her life's work has centered on enabling diverse and equitable arts access. She has worked as an educator for many Detroit arts organizations, including Pewabic Pottery, the Heidelberg Project, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and now Living Arts. In addition to managing Ladybug Studios, a ceramic cooperative in SW Detroit, she is an adjunct faculty member at Oakland Community College. Also a political advocate for the importance of the arts, Susannah has served on the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs since 2013.

A steadfast Reconstructionist, Susannah was raised at Congregation T'Chiyah, then meeting in Downtown Detroit. While in undergrad at Guilford College in North Carolina, she led the campus Hillel. Since returning home in 2012, she has been an active member of rebounding Jewish community in Detroit. She now serves as a board member at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, as a chairperson of the Arts, Culture and Community Building team of Detroit Jews for Justice, and as an active member of many regional interfaith organizations. Susannah loves to cook, eat, drink, sing and dance with her friends on any night of the week, but especially on Friday nights at the Downtown Synagogue.