Suzanne is co-founder and managing director of Marie Norman, LLC. Her thirty-year career spans several industries as a senior officer. She built her practice and reputation in board search and advisory services following twenty years of executive experience with leading companies including McDonald’s, Allstate and Zurich North America. She has close to a decade of search experience including director recruitment, reconstituting legacy boards, board assessment, assembling boards for corporate spinouts and IPO’s, and advising CEOs and executives about board service. Suzanne’s strength is combining her executive experience with the freedom to provide outcome-focused results governed only by her clients’ best interests. A visionary and change agent, she has held executive roles in financial services in a variety of capacities from chief people officer, (Section 16 officer), strategy, technology, operations and has twice started her own firm. Once as a change management consultant to McDonalds for an international technology initiative, and the second time with Marie Norman to serve the board needs of F100-to pre-IPO companies. She has also served on a variety of non-profit and academic boards and has been a guest speaker at business courses for DePaul University. She currently serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Dean’s Advisory Board at DePaul University’s College of Communications, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. She earned a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from Marquette University. She resides in Arizona, and has two young adult daughters. She enjoys cooking with family and friends, cycling, reading, theater and traveling.