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Dr. Susan Orr

Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families

Dr. Susan Orr is Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Prior to joining the Bush administration, she was senior director for marriage and family care at the Family Research Council and director of the Center for Social Policy at the Reason Public Policy Institute.

Dr. Orr previously served at the Administration on Children, Youth and Families during 1992-98. She was a special assistant to the commissioner and a child welfare program specialist at the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.

She has been a high school principal and adjunct professor at American University and Regent University.

Dr. Orr received her undergraduate degree in politics from the University of Dallas and master's and Ph.D. degrees from Claremont Graduate School.