Suzanne has represented the League of Women Voters in a variety of positions since 1999. Voter Service, community education and strategic planning have been the focus of her activities with the League. She continues to believe that our community outreach through local Leagues is the greatest tool we have to strengthen our democracy and our communities. From 2000 to 2009 at the League of Women of San Francisco (SF), she served as 1st VP for Voter Services. She ensured the League provided access to voting materials city-wide in English, Spanish and Chinese through local newspapers, and coordinated vote-by-mail promotions and ranked choice voting education. From 2004 to 2009, Suzanne served on the  SF Ballot Simplification Committee. She also served on the League of Women Voters of California Board from 2009 to 2013, where she helped lead a statewide education campaign supporting application & processes of the first California Independent Redistricting Commission. In 2012, Suzanne was instrumental in resurrecting, revising and publishing the Guide to California Government. She was also an LWVUS Observer at the United Nations from 2013-2018 and focused on outreach to LWV members nationwide to “think globally, act locally”. She served as a LWVUS Shur Fellow and trained to build strategic plans and implement organizational practices to meet the League’s DEI goals. Suzanne was also the League of Women Voters of New York State President from 2019 to 2021.

Professionally, she has worked and supported the arts her entire life, including devoting 23 years at the San Francisco Opera in the Costume and Wardrobe Department.