Dr. Susan MacLaury is a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Health at Kean University, a licensed social worker, and an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer.
The co-founder, with husband Albie Hecht, of Shine Global, a non-profit film production company, MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary War/Dance. War/Dance was honored as best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2010.[1]
MacLaury is a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at Kean University since 1994 and has been the Executive Director of Shine Global since its 2005 inception.