Susan was elected to her first term on the Rockville City Council in 2001. She has lived with her family in the West End of Rockville since 1988 and is the proud mother of a daughter and a son, and the proud grandmother of two grandsons.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Since August 1995, Susan has been
the Manager of Marketing and Communications in the Silver Spring Regional Services
Center, the local source of government services for the Silver Spring/Takoma
Park Region. The Center includes the Silver Spring Redevelopment Office, established
to implement and monitor the redevelopment and revitalization of Downtown Silver
Spring as a “town
center,” collaborating daily with the development team, governmental
agencies, and other key private sector players, such as the American Film Institute
and Discovery Communications, Inc.
Susan joined Montgomery County in December 1986 as a Legislative Analyst in
the Montgomery County Office of Intergovernmental Relations representing the
County's interests before the Maryland General Assembly, the Governor, and
the State Agencies staff. Beyond her day-to-day responsibilities, she:
- was appointed by the County Executive to serve on the Montgomery County Task Force to study the Municipal Tax Duplication Reimbursement Program.
- produced, wrote and hosted "Eye on Annapolis," a weekly cable television program on the Maryland General Assembly.
FORMERLY:
Congressional Aide to two members of U.S. House of Representatives
Public Affairs Assistant to the 1980 White House Conference on Families
Feature Writer with Bucks County Courier/Doylestown Intelligencer,
suburban Philadelphia dailies.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science degree in Communications, Temple
University.
Post-graduate: Basic Economic Development Course, University College, University
of Maryland.
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES [current and former]
- Commissioner [five years] and chair, Rockville Planning Commission
- City-to-City Task Force between Rockville and Baltimore;
- Member and former Board of Directors, West End Civic Association;
- Rockville Little Theatre
- First Vice President of the National Capital Chapter, American ORT
- Board member, Montgomery County Conference and Visitors Bureau
- Montgomery County Government Quarterly Leadership Forum Member
- Silver Spring Stage Advisory Council
- Member, Maryland Downtown Development Association
- Member, Urban Land Institute
- Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce
- Former Commissioner, Maryland Commission for Women
- Past PAC Chair and Board Member, Maryland Women's Political Caucus
- Maryland Government Relations Association, charter member
- Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
- Temple Emanuel: Member, Board of Trustees; Chair, Cultural Arts Committee; Member, Arts @ Emanuel, Social Issues, and GreenSholom [environmental] Committees and Adult Choir
- Communications Director, Doug Duncan for Executive Campaign, 1993-94
- Past President, Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents [RICA] Assn.
- Former Board Member, Round House Theatre
- Candidate, Maryland House of Delegates, 1990, District 17
- Suburban Hospital Advisory Council
- Vice-President, District of Columbia Special Olympics