Susan earned a B.S. in geology from Duke University and an M.S. from the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont. Her master’s project found her trapping invertebrates along the shores of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Most of her career has been in environmental non-profits, as grantor and grantee alike—before joining the VCE staff, she served four years as the Executive Director at Riverledge Foundation. She joined VCE in 2014 as Associate Director, where she helped to nurture VCE’s growth and co-led the establishment of its first strategic fundraising campaign. She became Executive Director in 2022. She loves steep learning curves, the fluty song of the hermit thrush, and cooking for a crowd at her home in Weathersfield, Vermont, where she lives with her family.
