Sue Slaughter Joins Woodlands Academy Board of Trustees

Sue Slaughter of Lake Bluff recently has joined the Board of Trustees for Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart.

She has a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to business school, Slaughter worked for Deloitte & Touche in Cincinnati and also has worked in management consulting for A.T. Kearney after graduating from Kellogg.

Slaughter has been active in numerous charities and on several boards, including the Lake Forest chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, the Mothers Trust Foundation, Open Arms Home for Children, South Africa, and the Lake Bluff PTO.

She and her husband, Steve, have four children, two of whom are students at Woodlands Academy, one at Lake Forest High School, and the fourth at Lake Bluff Elementary School.

Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women. It's part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans the United States and 40 other countries. A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy's identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat's desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org