Background
Lavenson, Susan Barker was born on July 26, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Percy Morton and Rosalie Laura (Donner) Barker.
Hotel corporate executive consultant
Lavenson, Susan Barker was born on July 26, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Percy Morton and Rosalie Laura (Donner) Barker.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1958; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Thomas College, 1994.
Teacher Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, San Francisco, 1960. Teacher French department Lowell High School, 1960-1961. Vice president Monogram Company, 1961-1962, creative director New York City, 1973-1986.
President SYR Corporation, Santa Barbara, California, 1976-1989. Managing partner Lavenson Partners, Camden, Maine and Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1989. Founding member The Piper Group, since 2006.
Member commission on co-education Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1985-1987. Member Relais et Chateaux, Paris, 1978-1989. Consultant World Bank Recruit Division, 1993.
Trustee Camden Public Library., 1989—1995, vice president, 1991—1993. Vice chair board trustees Thomas College, Waterville, Maine, 1990—2001, trustee emerita, since 2001. Trustee Atlantic Avenue Trust, 1989—1991.
Founding president Maine chapter International Women's Forum, since 1991. Member Council of Advisors College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1996—2001, Arizona Women's Forum. Chair dean's advisory council Arizona State University, 2002—2004, chair council advisors Virginia Piper Creative Writing Center, 2004—2005.
Member committee foreign relations City Phoenix, since 2006. Board directors Phoenix Committee Foreign Relations, since 2008, president, since 2009. Member Advice Inc., Stanford Alumni Association, Committee of 200 (treasurer 1985-1986), Women's Entrepreneur Corps, Thunderbird Global Leadership Society, Phi Delta Kappa (Stanford University chapter, founding member), Phoenix Committee Foreign Relations (board director since 2008, president 2009), Pacific Council International Policy.
Married James H. Lavenson, April 22, 1973 (deceased September 1998). 1 child, Ellen Ruth Stanclift.