Susan Lee Hahn Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Nashville Area, Tn & Chicago, Il

While in Nashville, I became an enthusiast and a champion of mass timber products -- Tall Wood and CLT (Cross-laminated Timber) -- because I believe that by changing the way we build our cities in this century, we could slow down or reverse climate change. I worked with architects, builders, and developers who all had a similar vision to build with the utmost in sustainability and conscience. After researching and exploring mass timber products and their capabilities for over a year, I had the great fortune to work with the talented team of the Timber and Innovations Division of Lendlease and championed a couple of projects on their behalf. I also worked with architects and developers who are dedicated to energy efficiency, Net Zero building, and are eager to work with the new Tesla Solar Energy products. We've all been in conversations regarding this opportunity and others. I've maintained my connections and relationships and am active in Nashville's vibrant and evolving real estate market.

Greater Chicago Area

Purposeful storytelling unleashes great power. As the heroes of our own journeys, we can imagine and participate in our personal transformations. As a freelance content writer, screenwriter, and producer, it has been my aim to inform, inspire, and illuminate the inner journey, hoping to help others tap into their inner power. One of the highlights for me this year has been the success of the documentary, No Greater Love, a film that I've championed for over five years and served as an Associate Producer to support filmmaker and former Army Chaplain Justin Roberts. The film chronicles his deployment in Afghanistan during an intense and critical time (2010-2011), and continues with the war at home as veterans grapple with PTSD and unprecedented numbers of suicides in the military. The film had a fantastic run at many high-profile film festivals, including the Nashville International Film Festival. As a writer and a producer, I believe it's my responsibility and my privilege to introduce new perceptions and to make the world a more compassionate place.

225 West Wacker Drive, 8Th Floor Chicago, Il 60606

When I began my role as the Executive Director in its inaugural year, The Chicago Charity Challenge (the Chicago Cha Cha), was more of an idea than it was a full-fledged organization. As a "startup" nonprofit organization, I was instrumental in everything from creating the brand, writing the tagline ("Giving just became a team sport"), writing the marketing/website content, and helping to design the logo and the website's, along with engaging twenty high-profile Chicago companies in a regional fundraising and volunteering competition. It was a great joy to be the "matchmaker" and to help join forces between some iconic Chicago companies (e.g. Quaker, Mars, Groupon, Harley Davidson, and Fannie May) with well-run, non profits like the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Common Threads, and the Second Harvest Food Bank. These worthy nonprofits established new relationships in the corporate world, while the businesses created unique opportunities for their employees to get involved in the community and to give back in meaningful ways. Everyone was a winner. In the first year, the Chicago Charity Challenge partnerships collaboratively raise over $6 million dollars and donated more than 22,000 volunteer hours. Subsequent years have continued to raise money, raise awareness, and enhance camaraderie across profit and nonprofit boundaries. All this was made possible by the hard work, generosity, and dedication of the founding sponsor and main benefactor, Call One, along with the Chicago Cha Cha Champions, Craig and Terri Foster.

Nashville

Expanded client base in Chicago and Nashville with new business, which Increased revenue by approximately twenty percent and brought in prestigious advertising agencies and award-winning filmmakersCreated awareness in the community and sponsored events, such as the opening night of the Nashville Film Festival, spoke on panel discussions, and worked closely with the Tennessee Film BoardHosted special events for directors, film organizations, corporate marketing executives, production companies, music festivals, recording artists, and local educational institutions like Vanderbilt and Belmont Organized solicitation and acquisition of new business, researched potential clients, set up meetings, prepared proposals, communicated and established relationships and repeat business

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•Promoted the studio’s production capabilities to advertising agencies and won new business including a lucrative project with Kellogg’s from Starcom Worldwide.•Brought in potential investors, produced special events, and created website and marketing materials •Produced an independent pilot for a late night talk show, THE CHICAGO ACTOR SHOW- Hired talent, set designers, negotiated with agents, worked with writers, director, musical talent, and music producer

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Taught screenwriting and designed the curriculum for Advanced Screenwriting and Narrative Techniques

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•Developed top-level content strategy and message balancing campaign for the US Army, (GoArmy.com) •Wrote website content and voice-over scripts for other clients including Purina, Whirlpool, and Cadillac

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•Researched and wrote website content for several high profile boutique hotels around the world •Created marketing presentations and wrote/edited the company’s website for consistent messaging

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•Collaborated with all department heads to create cohesive content for the website’s second incarnation •Created a style guide and wrote/edited new copy accordingly•Researched and wrote articles for the TravelWatch section, a human-interest, journalistic online magazine

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Designed and taught an essay writing class based on the Hero’s Journey and classical archetypes

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters, Honors

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