Susan is currently a director of the Catalyst Collective, the non-profit organization that produces Burning Flipside. A nature center volunteer from an early age, Susan has been used to the idea of “giving back” since around the age of 7. As the kid of a naturalized citizen, she learned the importance of civic participation when her parents took her to the polling booth with them. A lifetime before she started burning, she served as the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Texas, and has served as President of the Texas Democratic Women, been a board member of the National Federation of Democratic Women, and a founding member of the United Democratic Women.

While she may be a partisan at heart, she firmly believes that voting is not just a right, it’s a duty. Her time at the League of Women Voters reinforced the need for trusted resources in politics, and it drives her ongoing efforts to get out the vote in every race, every election, every time.