Thear Suzuki

National ACE Board Chair

Global Client Service Partner
EY

Thear’s personal purpose is to inspire courageous actions in others so they can lead more impactful lives. Thear is a Global Client Service Partner at EY with over 25 years of professional services experience. She served clients at Accenture for 16 years and joined EY in 2012, where she has served as Regional Advisory Managing Partner and Americas Consulting Talent Leader.  At EY, Thear is a strong advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and she champions leadership development programs that build inclusive, innovative, and courageous leaders for the 21st century.

Thear is passionate about increasing leadership and philanthropic capacity in herself and others. She is active with organizations that develop leaders and lift up others. She serves on the Boards of the Communities Foundation of Texas, SMU Lyle Engineering School Executive, the SMU Tate Lecture Series, the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Committee, the National Asian/Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, and Co-Chair for 50/50 Women on Boards – Dallas initiative. Thear is a member of the Dallas Assembly, International Women’s Forum and United Way Women of Tocqueville. With the Texas Women’s Foundation, Thear served on the board for two terms, co-chair of the Economic Leadership Council and a proud founding member of the Orchid Giving Circle. Thear also served two board terms with the Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum.

Thear has been recognized by several awards, including the SMU Distinguished Alumni Award, DCEO Corporate Excellence in Leadership, the President of the United States Gold Volunteer Service Award, the SMU Women's Symposium Profiles in Leadership, Women Leaders in Consulting Award, NOMI Abolitionist Award, Asian Chamber of Texas Humanitarian & Community Services Award, the WING’s Mentors & Allies Award, and Thear was named one of the most powerful business leaders in North Texas by DCEO and Park Cities People – Person of the Year 2022. Thear is a Presidential Leadership Scholar and she was featured in President George W Bush’s new book, Out of Many, One – Portraits of America’s Immigrants. Thear is a contributing author to Passionately Striving in Why – An Anthology of Women Who Persevere Mightily to Live Their Purpose.

Thear earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Biomedical Engineering Specialization from Southern Methodist University. She lives in Plano, Texas with her husband and their four sons.