2015 Alumni Medalist Susan C. Waltman, ’77LAW
Channel: Columbia Alumni
Date: 2015-10-13

Susan C. Waltman, ’77LAW is the Executive Vice President for Legal, Regulatory, and Professional Affairs and General Counsel for the Greater New York Hospital Association, which represents the interests of 150 hospitals and health care systems across the New York region. In that capacity, Ms. Waltman is responsible
for the legal, regulatory, and professional affairs matters involving GNYHA and its affiliated companies as well as oversees GNYHA’s emergency preparedness and response activities on behalf of its members. Ms. Waltman is exceptionally proud to be the third generation in her family to graduate from Columbia Law School,
following in the footsteps of her grandfather Harry R. Waltman, ’17LAW and father Albert Redpath Waltman ’49LAW, and even more proud that her son, Michael Barry, graduated from the Law School in 2013. Ms. Waltman currently serves on the Law School’s Dean’s Council, is the co-chair of the Law School’s Harlan Fiske Stone Society Council, has served on the board of the Columbia Alumni Association, participated in the development of the CAA’s Strategic Plan, and has co-chaired numerous Law School reunions. Ms. Waltman’s greatest commitment to Columbia however is with respect to mentoring, advising, and supporting its amazing students and to promoting alumni engagement, given the immense benefits received by all who are fortunate enough to have attended Columbia University.