This in-person only meeting will be at Bellevue Botanical Garden
About Our Speaker
Susan is the co-founder and president of the nonprofit SPLASHForward founded in 2018 when the city of Bellevue reawakened their efforts to explore a new comprehensive regional public aquatic center. Susan has 15 years of program management leadership and user interface design experience in computer graphics and mobile software design. She worked at Microsoft for 11 years and has been a Kirkland resident for 30 years where she and her husband raised twins who just finished their first year of college.
Susan is a lifelong learner and athlete. A competitive runner, a former long standing volunteer track and cross-county coach for Cascade Striders, and a masters and open water swimmer. She is never far from a pool and has met many outstanding people of all ages and abilities through swimming. She co-leads the Education Committee for the WA Drowning Prevention Network, co-chairs the Kirkland Arts Center Advisory Council, serves on the Advisory Committee for the King County Aquatic Facilities and Parks and Open Space Grant Programs and on the City of Kirkland’s Parks Funding Exploratory Committee for a potential 2023 Parks Measure that includes an aquatic and recreation center.