Susan McLurg

Susan McLurg served as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, (ACABQ), a subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly.

As a delegate in the United States Mission to the United Nations, she has extensive experience in the budgetary, financial, administrative and personnel issues related to the United Nations. She was a member of ACABQ since 2000 before becoming its Chairman. She also served as the Minister Counselor and Deputy Counselor(1983–1999) for budgetary, financial, administrative, personnel/common system and reform issues for the United Nations and New York-based United Nations programmes and funds.

She has also served as delegate to several UN committees, programmes and funds, including as delegate to the Fifth Committee(1983–1999), as delegate to the Committee for Program and Coordination(1983–1990 and 1994–1999), as member of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Committee (1992–2002), as Vice Chairman to the Standing Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board(1996–1999), as delegate to the Committee on Conferences(1983–1989), to the United Nations Children's Fund(1986–1993), to the United Nations Development Programme(1991–1992), and to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for South Africa(1985–1986).

Previously, she acted as Project Director for Employment and Training Programme for minorities in New York City and Project Monitor for Employment and training programmes funded by the United States Department of Labor.

McLurg obtained a bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College, New Jersey, in 1976. McLurg has two children, Rachel Shearouse and Max Shearouse.