Susan Rocco
Susan Rocco is Executive Vice President of the Semper Fi & America’s Fund, a nonprofit organization supporting U.S. service members, veterans, and military families.
From its beginnings in 2003 as a locally based, grassroots effort, Semper Fi & America’s Fund has grown into a worldwide charitable organization. The Fund has consistently earned both an A+ Rating from Charity Watch (one of only three military nonprofits with that distinction) and Four Stars from Charity Navigator.
Susan is proud to be a part of this effort, starting out as a volunteer visiting the wounded at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 2004 and working in The Fund’s small office space preparing grants. She quickly moved to where her heart was – case management. Susan attributes the success of The Fund to its dedicated volunteers and case managers. Their unwavering support and dedication to those they serve have given The Fund its incredible reputation.
Under Susan’s leadership, The Fund’s case managers have assisted tens of thousands of service members and family members needing assistance. They provide an overall structure of support – enlisting the many programs and teams in the Fund – all for the benefit of our combat-wounded, critically ill, and catastrophically injured service members, veterans, and military families.
More recently, Business Operations, Community Outreach, Visiting Nurse program, NeuroFitness program, and Team Semper Fi have come under Susan’s direction. Led by experienced professionals, the directors of these teams work together for the overall mission of The Fund and provide vital work to ensure The Fund operates in the most efficient and effective ways possible.
Susan was raised and educated in New York. She graduated from St John’s University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While she comes from a family of business owners and spent years working in the family restaurant and in accounting firms and corporations, she found her passion while working with military families. For over 30 years, Susan was an active member of the military community, creating programming on military bases and leading teams of volunteers, all for the support of our military and their families. Susan and her husband, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Rocco, have been married for 40 years and currently split their time between San Francisco and Carlsbad, California.
They have three children and three grandchildren whom they adore.