Berridge Wine Company - direct sales and PR strategies for new product launch for ultra-premium single-vineyard Pinot Noirs. Secure financing from targeted "smart money" sources to fund rapid growth.

New Zealand Wine Marketing - develop turnaround plan including team recruiting, revising sales and marketing plans, and creating budgets and financial forecasts.

Maurice Lombardo, Taylor Lombardo Architects - "Susan's ability to organize and lead a project team is highly professional. The projects under her directive were completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Susan is self directed, organized, and dedicated to her work. She also has a great personality, works well with people and is a team player. I highly recommend her for your organization."

Donna B. Oldford, Plans4Wine - "Susan has shown herself to be the consummate professional, always executing her responsibilities effectively and with impressive communications skills. She is poised and relates well to people who expect the very best in their surroundings and affiliations. I was always very impressed at the ease with which Susan managed any project assigned to her and her resourcefulness in learning new skills as any endeavor required. Susan knows how to interact with and relate to people at all levels--gardeners, County Planning and Building officials, a CEO or Chairman of the Board."