Susan Golding
| Susan Golding | |
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| 32nd Mayor of San Diego | |
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In office 1992—2000 |
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| Preceded by | Maureen O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Dick Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1945 Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Stanley D. Prowse (?-?) Richard Silberman (1984-1991) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Carleton College Columbia University |
Susan G. Golding (born August 18, 1945) is an American Republican politician from California, best known as the former two-term mayor of San Diego. She is currently president and CEO of the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation in San Diego. and formerly president and CEO of the Golding Group, a strategy consulting firm and a Senior Fellow of Public Policy at the University of California at Los Angeles. She also serves on the boards and advisory committees of several organizations, including the Pacific Council on International Policy and the International Republican Institute.
Golding was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, but grew up in Lafayette and Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned a B.A. in Government & International Relations from Carleton College, and a M.A. from Columbia University. Golding married Stanley D. Prowse, an attorney. They moved to Atlanta, where she was a college instructor at Emory University. In 1974 they moved to California and she was Associate Publisher of NewsPress, a community newspaper. After they divorced, Golding raised her two children, Samuel and Vanessa, as a single mother under her maiden name.
In 1984 Golding married Dick Silbermann, a financier and prominent Democrat. They divorced in 1991 after Silbermann was convicted of money laundering.
Golding was elected to the San Diego city council for 1981–1983. In 1984, she was elected to the Board of Supervisors for San Diego County, California, serving 1985-1992.
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