The Early Years
Born in Baltimore on Dec. 4, 1959, Susan graduated from Woodlawn High School and earned her B.S. in business administration and accounting from Towson University in 1981. She did 
postgraduate studies at the University of Baltimore. Susan has worked as an accountant and financial consultant for small businesses for more than 20 years, most recently as client manager for Aston IT Group.
Susan and her husband, Mark, also a Towson alumnus, have been actively involved in their community since moving to Eldersburg more than 20 years ago. With their love of the outdoors and sports, Susan and Mark spent 15 years helping with Freedom Optimist athletic programs. Susan’s passion for Carroll County deepened as she committed more and more time to the community, church, sports and to what would become a consuming interest—schools.
Some might say Susan got her first taste of politics at age 24, when she began lobbying for more swings on the neighborhood swing set. She noticed that a nearby tot lot often had as many as two-dozen little ones at a time who wanted to swing. So she led an effort to get a new swing set. She never got the swings, but she soon found herself pushing for other improvements in Eldersburg and Sykesville.
Her volunteer activities with Carroll County Public Schools, the PTA and the Freedom Area Citizens Council opened her eyes to an impending crisis. South Carroll was emerging from its bucolic past to become the fastest growing and most populous area in the county. In the process, schools, water supplies, roads and emergency services were being overwhelmed. Susan responded by organizing residents to fight for construction of Piney Ridge Elementary, Oklahoma Road Middle and Century High Schools in South Carroll County.
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