Susi Collins is the Founder and Principal of Tide & Thrive Co., a seasoned Social Impact Strategist with twenty years of global, high-impact leadership experience from organizations including The Gates Foundation, Iara Lee & George Gund III Foundation, Salesforce, AWS, and Nordstrom. She excels at driving resource mobilization strategies, building multisector partnerships, focusing on the crucial intersection of equity, philanthropy, and organizational effectiveness.

As a visionary leader, Susi empowers leaders and organizations to navigate and influence the tides of change, helping them build resilient communities. She provides comprehensive strategic support—insightful and actionable—to ensure their work creates sustainable, lasting impact through trust-building.

She holds a Master of Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University, and is certified with the Ocean Healing Institute. Her leadership insights have been shaped by prestigious fellowships, such as the Aspen Institute Latino Society, Hispanics in Philanthropy, and Salzburg Seminar. She has served on nonprofit boards for the past sixteen years, and currently serves as a Board of Director with the Acevedo Foundation and Poderistas.

Originally from Lima, Peru, Susi resides with her multicultural family in Los Angeles.