| Susan Lynch | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of New Hampshire | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Denise Benson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saugus, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | John Lynch |
| Residence | Hopkinton, New Hampshire |
| Profession | Pediatrician |
Dr. Susan Lynch is a pediatrician who works as a pediatric lipid specialist in the Cholesterol Treatment Center at Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire. She is the wife of John Lynch, the Democratic third-term Governor of New Hampshire. She has been the First Lady of New Hampshire since 2005.[1]
She grew up in Massachusetts in the town of Saugus outside Boston. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a Bachelor's degree in Biologic Science, and the University of Massachusetts with a Doctor of Medicine. She started her pediatric internship at Tufts-New England Medical Center’s Floating Hospital in Boston and finished her pediatric residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. She practiced general pediatrics at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic in Concord before going on to complete the lipid training programs at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and through the National Lipid Association.[1]
She has been a strong advocate of proper nutrition and physical exercise and the danger of childhood obesity.[2][3] She serves as the spokesperson for the physical activity program “Walk NH,”[4] which is designed to challenge New Hampshire families to have fun getting in shape. The program encourages children and families to make a pledge to walk the equivalent of either the length (190 miles) or the width (70 miles) of New Hampshire. She also endorsed legislation that would require New Hampshire schools to record the body mass index of students in grades 1, 4, 7 and 10, unless the child's parent objected.[5]
In November 2007, she endorsed Hillary Clinton for President and became a national co-chairperson for the Clinton campaign.[6]
She and her husband have three children, Jacqueline, Julia, and Hayden.[1]