Suzan’s leadership legacy is both broad and enduring. She was a founding Advisory Board Member of Houston’s Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy and later served as its President. She is also a founder of the Houston Chapter of the Golden Seeds Angel Fund. In 2007, she founded the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, where she serves as CEO and President. Now celebrating its 19th anniversary, the GHWCC is the largest women’s chamber in America, representing more than 1,300 business member companies and hosting five regional chapters across Greater Houston.

She also founded the International Women’s Chamber of Commerce, with chapters in France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and soon to be in Italy. Under her leadership, these organizations continue to elevate women’s voices and create opportunities locally and globally, including hosting the first women’s leadership conference in Mexico.

Her contributions have earned wide respect and numerous honors, including the Houston Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, recognition from the American Cancer Society and L.I.F.E., and honors such as Texas Executive Women on the Move, Texas Women Business Leader, Woman of Distinction, Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Icon, one of Houston’s Most Influential Women, one of twenty-five Center for Houston’s Future Most Admired Alumni, and HBJ Most Admired Nonprofit CEO. Governor Gregg Abbott appointed her to the Governor’s Small Business Task Force, and she serves on the City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity Advisory Board, the Upper Kirby District Advisory Board, the World Affairs Council, and the Texas Woman’s University Dean’s Leadership Council.

Above all, Suzan considers her greatest blessing and proudest accomplishment to be her family: her loving husband, three children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.