The picture that changed my life........................................

This toddler might have been my own toddler the day of the Oklahoma bombing on April 19, 1995....this baby's mama didn't know when she left her at 'school' that morning that it would be the last time she held her baby.....As I sat in my living-room with tears streaming down my face holding my own precious bundle, I felt a change in my soul. Life became more important than work...and my work in fundraising would become about philanthropy and meaning, not just money.

 I became more of a wife and mother and daughter and less of a worker...and I brought a new outlook to understanding my role of offering people an opportunity to make a difference in the world by using their resources and energy in a positive way. I developed an understanding of the power of philanthropy...............I dedicate my work to this precious soul, Baylee Almon.

Susan's Bio

Susan has forty years of experience working with people. She spent 30 dedicated years working with nonprofits and donors, professional advisors, and individuals who care about the world. At age 50, she created an additional career trajectory as a Confidence Coach, focusing on people’s self-actualization in life and growth in business. She specializes in strategic thinking and teaches prosperity consciousness that helps others create purposeful connections in areas of deep and abiding interest. Susan helps people cross the bridge from how they want to be remembered to how they will be remembered, with a meaningful and lasting legacy.

As a speaker, she is passionate and motivating, and without fail, after every program, there are people who come up to thank her for inspiring them to take some action about something that has been on their mind. When the subject is philanthropy and creating positive change in our world, no audience is too small or too large for Susan; she's happiest when she feels a crowd’s energy coming along with her in the story she weaves.

As a Philanthropy Advisor, she inspires people to understand their life’s experience and purpose and helps to transform that purpose into a philanthropic passion and plan.

An additional business endeavor is Confident Fundraising, a fundraising coaching business to teach, guide, and help nonprofit leaders get and stay on track towards higher income goals. Her specialty is personal fundraising coaching to help nonprofit CEOs learn how to solicit--overcoming the fear of asking, and help them attain ambitious goals that include building a life-long loyal donor corps for worthy organizations.

Being a donor and volunteer herself has provided a personal perspective and insight for her work with individuals and charitable organizations. She is a pro bono strategic advisor to Jewish Girls Unite and worked with the CEO to help conceptualize this global movement, which serves her own passionate philanthropic commitment to help Jewish daughters become Jewish mothers. For 25 years, she has been an advisor to the CEO of the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation, which has networked 150,000 people into treatment. Susan is past president of her synagogue, ansd served on the executive committee for 17 years. Today, Susan is on the Senior Leadership Team of Indivisible of Northern Arizona. She is fierce about protecting and defending Democracy.

Susan has two daughters whom she adores and of whom she is exceptionally proud. She lives in Sedona, and is a proud alumna of Mount Holyoke College.