Susan Bowers Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Provide strategic guidance for developing and managing the online master's in law program focusing on highly regulated fields including health care, human resources, financial services, cybersecurity, and technology risk management. Recruit and advise adjunct faculty comprised of in-house counsel and senior law firm attorneys in developing and teaching courses in their area of expertise and practice.Advise students ranging from early to mid career to senior executives, regarding course selections tailored to their personal and professional goals.Conduct outreach to professional associations and certifying organizations whose members may benefit from the juris master program.

New York City

•Hired for and helped shape a new senior staff position, strengthening grant funding, compliance, and work culture of a leading center of adolescent health care, training, and research, providing high quality comprehensive health and wellness services for young people (ages 10 to 22)•Led team to research Federal, state, local, and foundation grant opportunities, develop budgets, write proposals, manage grant documentation, reporting, and renewals, in addition to acting as the liaison to public sector and foundation grantors•Developed and led strategic initiatives relating to human resources and staff development to improve internal communications and reinvigorate the workplace with a team mindset•Assessed and identified opportunities to improve performance, formulated solutions, and established relationships with staff at all levels of a 100-employee organization, building trust to lead changes•Served as compliance officer, ensuring the center’s personnel, documentation, policies, and procedures were in compliance, positioning the organization for favorable operational audits by grantors, governmental regulators, and The Joint Commission

New York

•Ran the global margin lending business within Private Wealth Management (PWM), facilitating financing goals of high net worth clients•Recruited, trained, integrated, and developed a team of outstanding professionals in New York, Hong Kong, and London•Managed a multibillion dollar loan portfolio, initiating controls to limit risk and sustain a record of near-zero loss throughout fluctuations in the economy and market crises•Provided strategic leadership and expertise related to margin and collateral for the private wealth management business and for strategic loan opportunities in other departments•Developed commercially effective and risk appropriate lending policies, including lending vs. alternative investments, engaging leaders across broad functions: legal, credit risk management, treasury, operations, technology, and compliance

New York City

•Served as the liaison with U.S.-based employees, providing advice and assistance for temporary assignments in Europe•Collaborated with key personnel in equities, finance, operations, and other divisions to promote success in acclimating to European assignments and to advance divisions’ goals in European markets

New York

Led, recruited, trained, and developed team of professionals serving as liaison and administrator for NYSE board committees