Susan

Introduction

Susan combines 10 years of teaching with 15 years of business experience in corporations, start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures. This broad background allows her to share her insights into both the theory and practice of business.

Susan’s experience includes sales, marketing, product development and project management, and she has been an executive level manager. She is an award-winning publishing consultant, having produced over 20 best sellers on computer science and information technology.

After her publishing career, Susan started Solomon Communications to train business people on writing, presenting, leading, managing, coaching, negotiating, resolving conflict and other skills. During this time, she taught these same subjects in undergraduate and MBA programs at university schools of business, such as San Francisco State, Western New England and Hartford Universities, as well as at the world-famous Hotel School The Hague in the Netherlands. She also became a Certified Professional Co-active Coach and coached numerous American business executives. Finally, she had a successful political career as Mayor of Sedona, Arizona.

Susan earned a BA in English magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Wells College. She earned a Masters and PhD in English from The University of Birmingham, England. She is CELTA certified by Cambridge University to teach English to speakers of other languages.

Susan has lived in 4 countries and visited over 30. She speaks Italian and is an avid reader of books about the Italian Renaissance.