Susan Ash-Lee, MSW, LCSW, is the vice president of Clinical Services and Education at Cancer Support Community (CSC) in Lone Tree, Colorado, where she leads all education and clinical program services, including in-person, telephonic, and digital support— all critical components of the $50 million in free services CSC provides patients and their loved ones each year. She has focused her career on building robust supportive care oncology programs which include psychosocial research, integrated psychosocial support, advanced illness coordination, and post-treatment survivorship. She is particularly interested in how resiliency models and positive psychology interventions can increase well-being, enhance life satisfaction, and personal growth and change. Her articles have appeared in publications such as the JOP and the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology.
Ms. Ash-Lee currently serves as faculty for the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care’s Leadership Institute, psychosocial staff for Casting for Recovery, and is a member of the client services advisory council for Project Angel Heart. She was the 2010 recipient of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s “Outstanding Clinical Care Award”. Prior to joining CSC, Ash-Lee was the director of clinical social work at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Colorado’s largest provider of cancer care.
Ms. Ash-Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Westmont College and her master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds a clinical social work license in both Colorado and California.