Susie Jastrow’s first calling is being a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother. Susie retired from People’s Community Clinic in 2007, a healthcare facility that assists underserved, uninsured working individuals and families in the Austin area. As a dietitian and certified diabetes educator, she served the clinic for more than 12 years counseling patients regarding meal planning, weight loss, and the impact of nutrition and physical activity on diabetes management.

Susie retired in May 2015 from her private nutrition practice where she provided nutrition counseling and diabetes management serving Austin and the surrounding Texas hill country.

Jastrow retired 2021 from the Community Investment Committee for the St. David’s Foundation, after serving the Foundation for more than 22 years.  Susie is a member of the Advisory Councils of CNS and School of Human Ecology.  Previously, she served as chairman of both advisory councils. Jastrow headed the committee that took Human Ecology from a Department to a School of Human Ecology in CNS. She also worked as a research associate with a member of the nutrition faculty on children’s nutrition issues.

Current intiatives in the College and School include promoting Susie’s Kitchen and the University of  Texas Nutrition Institute (UTNI).

 Awards include several from Texas Exes in Human Ecology (1999, 2006),  Hall of Honor in CNS 2007 and most recently Susie and her husband, Kenny, received UT System Board of Regents highest honor, Santa Rita Award, 2021.

Susie and Kenny have three children and 8 grandchildren.