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Before becoming an IEC, Suzanne spent twenty years as a public school educator: teaching high school English students of all grades and ability levels, coordinating a gifted and AP program, and serving as a college counselor. Seeing the increasing stress in her students’ college process led Suzanne to seek a graduate certificate in College Counseling and launch her consulting practice where she works with students from across the United States to build self-honoring educational plans and college applications.
With both of her kids recently graduated from college, Suzanne understands and empathizes with today’s parents; clients regularly report that she has a knack for putting both students and parents at ease during the often stressful college search and application process.

Suzanne is a tribal citizen of Citizen Potawatomi Nation, an LGBTQ+ ally and advocate, a concert goer, a theatre patron, and an Arizona Diamondbacks super-fan (recently ending a 22-year run as an inaugural season ticket holder).
Fueled by good food, better chocolate, and the best coffee.

Suzanne is also a member of NACAC and RMACAC and holds the following 51³Ô¹Ï leadership roles:
Board of Directors, Member, 2023 – present;
VP for Membership & Engagement, 2025 – present;
Membership Committee, Member, 2023 – present;
Summer Training Institute, Faculty, 2021 – present;
Government Relations Committee, Member, 2024 – 2025;
Education & Training Committee, Member, 2023 – 2025;
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Member, 2021 – 2023;
LGBTQIA+ & Allies Affinity Group, Co-founder & co-facilitator, 2018 – 2025;
Arizona Regional Group, Coordinator, 2022 – 2024