Suzanne is the President of the Board of Trustees of the nonprofit Jay Heritage Center in Rye, New York. She has almost 30 years in the non-profit industry and 20 years in the field of historic preservation and site interpretation. Together with her Board, she has enhanced the breadth and volume of cultural, social justice and sustainability programs at JHC, especially as related to African American History, Women’s History and Environmental Stewardship.

In addition to negotiating a landmark public-private partnership agreement to ensure preservation of, and public access to the 23-acre Jay Estate, she used a Save America's Treasures grant as a catalyst to install an innovative geothermal heating and cooling pump system in the 1838 Greek Revival Jay Mansion. More recently, working with NY State Parks and Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Suzanne oversaw a $2 million dollar, climate-smart reimagination of the historic Jay Estate Gardens.

Suzanne is a Board Member of Preservation Action, Washington, D. C. and the Friends of American Art at Yale University. She is an Advisory member of the Board of the Preservation League of NY State, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Slave Dwelling Project.