Susan Koch

Susan Jane Koch (born January 24, 1943) is an American nuclear reduction expert. She has five medals from the Department of Defense, a Presidential Meritorious Executive Award and she was one of five people who were given inaugural Department of Defense Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Awards in 2016.

Life Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Koch gained a B.A. degree in 1964 at Mount Holyoke College before she took an M.A. degree in 1968 and doctorate in 1971

Koch first worked for the government at the Central Intelligence Agency where she looked at West European politics. In 1982 she took up senior positions in government which she held until 2007. She became an expert in arms reduction and non proliferation.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter with 25th anniversary with four of the Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award recipients Dr. Gloria Duffy, Laura Holgate, Dr. Susan Koch and Jane Wales in 2016 alt=Dr. Susan Koch sitting at a table in a meeting room with a pen in her hand over a folder of papers. Dr. Susan Koch participating in a meeting on strategic stability held at the Pentagon, June 20, 2001, aimed at resolving Russia's objections to the U.S. plan to develop defenses against a limited ballistic missile attack. In 2016 she was one of five people who were given inaugural Department of Defense Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award in 2016. The others were Dr. Gloria Duffy, Laura Holgate, Jane Wales and Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (not in photo).

Awards Presidential Distinguished Executive Award Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Distinguished Honor Award Department of State Meritorious Honor Award