Susan “Suzii” Youngblood March

Susan “Suzii” Youngblood March

B.A. ’72, Kerrville, Texas

Career Experience

Suzii Youngblood March is policy consultant for the H.E. Butt Foundation in San Antonio. She previously served as CEO of Prosper Waco and CEO of the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. She is an ordained minister and was CEO of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. She had an early career as a teacher and administrator serving in Kentucky, Texas and Mississippi. March was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Stephen F. Austin State University (M.Ed. ’79).

Board Experience

March currently leads the Mental Health and Resilience Coalition, Kerr County and is on the Board of Advocates for Baylor’s George W. Truett Seminary. She has been a board member for Duke Divinity School, the Baptist World Alliance and the T.B. Maston Foundation. In Washington, D.C., she served on the North American Baptist Fellowship and Baptist Joint Committee boards. 

Awards and Honors

March received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Baylor Line Foundation in 2019 and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University in 2015. Other honors include the J.M. Dawson Award for Religious Liberty and the T.B. Maston Award for  Christian Ethics. She also received the Distinguished Service to Social Welfare Award from the North American Association of Christians in Social Work and the Mi Madre Award from Familia Latino Network.

Baylor Philanthropy

In addition to making gifts to Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary and the College of Arts & Sciences, she is a member of the Baylor Bear Foundation and Old Main Society. In her role as a consultant, she helped secure a grant from the John Templeton Foundation for The Congregational Collective of San Antonio (founded by the H.E. Butt Foundation), Harvard Medical School and Baylor University to use in equipping congregations to become community hubs for mental health engagement. 

Church/Christian Mission Affiliations

In addition to her career in ministry, March is an ordained deacon, serving her church and missions. She and her husband are members of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio.