“I have known Susan since we worked together on then-Governor Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in southern California in 1992.  I was the regional field coordinator for the campaign there, and Susan was already on the ground when I arrived. Unlike more conventional employment, a national presidential campaign is a twenty-four hour a day, seven days a week job subject to an almost constant stream of pressures and uncertainty. As the sole field operative prior to my arrival, Susan was responsible for planning and executing a robust voter contact program. It was a position that required strong leadership and problem solving skills, plus the ability to keep multiple tasks going at once.  Susan consistently demonstrated her ability to do all of this under the most demanding and time-sensitive circumstances.”

Timothy G. Connolly, Country Programme Manager, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), Sudan; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

“I’ve known Susan for more than twenty years, both as a student and as a fellow professional writer (I am a writer of kids television, books and comic books.) She has a deep love of literature in all forms, and is an accomplished writer herself. She has an unmatched willingness to learn new skills and subjects – something she does very quickly – and continues to serve as an example to me when it comes to taking on new challenges. Susan is fearless, bright, enthusiastic, personable, and frighteningly capable.”