Susan Bulkeley Butler is CEO of The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders. Prior to founding the Institute, Susan established herself as an accomplished business leader who shaped her career at Accenture, the world's leading management consulting, technology services and outsourcing organization. She joined Arthur Andersen & Co. as its first professional female employee in 1965, and 14 years later, was named the first female partner of its consulting organization, Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture. Before her retirement in 2002, Susan was the Managing Partner for Accenture's Office of the CEO for Chairman & CEO Joe W. Forehand. Susan served on Accenture's Executive Committee, the company's principal advisory and strategy-setting committee, and as President of the Accenture Foundation.