Susan has worked in all aspects of business since 1980.  Before returning to continue her collegiate studies in 2000, she provided training and consulting services to entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Canada in the areas of marketing, operations, and management.

Susan grew up in Fort Myers, Florida, and moved to the Atlanta area in 1989.  She is a graduate of North Georgia University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business-Finance, and obtained her State of Georgia Real Estate License in 1995.  From 1996-2013 Susan was CFO and co-owner of Harlak Control Services, Inc., an energy management services company in Atlanta, Georgia.

From 2013-2018, Susan was employed as the Finance and Business Manager in a non-profit domestic violence agency in Cumming, Georgia.  Responsibilities included full general ledger posting and analysis, bank reconciliation, payroll processing, budgeting, production and analysis of monthly financials, financial forecasting, agency grant and foundation award expenditure and budget management, grant application writing, human resources management, and Workers Compensation, General Liability, 403b Retirement and Health Insurance acquisition and reporting. 

While employed at the domestic violence agency, Susan was directly involved in seeking out grant opportunities, wrote and submitted grant applications, and completed all government (local, state, federal) grant expenditure reporting.  She has attended Department of Human Service Emergency Grant Solutions (DHS-ESG) learning workshops, and in 2016/2017 was a program participant with Northern Learning Collaborative Team in the Georgia Emergency Shelter Learning Collaborative program presented by the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Since 2018, Susan has provided grant writing, grant management, and accounting services to non-profits in the Metro Atlanta area.  She has a Business-Finance degree from the University of North Georgia, and a Georgia Real Estate Salesperson license.