Susan Gold

Susan Dudley Gold developed the Vet to Vet program as a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteer at Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA) in 2014. She served as SMAA’s coordinator of Vet to Vet for four years, leaving in June 2018 to volunteer her services as executive director of Vet to Vet Maine and assist in the program’s transition from SMAA to its own independent nonprofit. She receives inspiration from her father’s best friend, who lost his legs when he stepped on a mine during World War II and went on to help other veterans, and from the many wonderful Vet to Vet veterans whose own stories inspire and motivate. A graphic designer, publisher, and author of more than 60 books for high school and middle school students, Susan won the Jefferson Award in 2001 for founding and facilitating a chronic pain support group. She continues to volunteer with the University of New England in its pain initiative and as a speaker at conferences and medical education seminars. Sue resigned from her position in 2023.