Having spent half her career in the international media sector, and the other half engaging corporate board leaders and executives in elevating their awareness of critical issues, Susan's proven sweet spot is in content, coaching, and communication, all anchored in her understanding of the importance of a values-based culture. Susan’s leadership coaching skills help her to partner with individuals and organizations to empower them in finding, developing, and becoming their higher selves. Fluent in relationship building, collaborative leadership, clear messaging, and the elevation of professional/personal thought-to-action, Susan has a knack for understanding needs, creating solutions and communicating effectively across multiple cultures and platforms. Her work in the identification of personal corporate values fuels values-based cultures. A writer, content producer, casting director, stakeholder engagement expert, public speaker, and coach, Susan specializes in uncovering the kernel of truth, forming the right message, and delivering it, making it stand out from the others. At the BBC, the Discovery Networks, C-SPAN, and The World Bank, Susan received rave reviews for her critical thinking, communications solutions, her flair for inter-personal, client and talent relations. As NACD’s Director of Member Engagement, she led her team in raising retention rates of the nearly 18,000 members (all corporate board directors) from 83% to 90%. As NACD’s VP, Chapter Network and Chapter Advancement Officer she's created new levels of alignment and advancement across the network of 20+ chapters, leveraging innovative stakeholder engagement strategies. Susan leads NACD Board Search practice, helping to elevate boards by identifying and placing outstanding directors at their tables to help guide the organization’s long term strategy. At NACD, as part of a 3-person task force, Susan dug into the corporate culture of the organization, conducted employee surveys and interviews, and worked with c-suite leaders to formulate the first set of corporate values in the company's 40+ year history. Today those values serve as the bedrock of daily practices and human resource decisions.As owner of Bright Spots Coaching, a boutique firm that offers individual coaching and workshops, Susan helps empower leaders to shine their brightest both in their role and in their lives. She helps people to plan and launch their next act, and often, to identify their voice.