Susan came to Berkhamsted with her growing family in 1981 and immediately joined the BCA. She has served on the main Committee for over thirty years and has served as Chairman of the Association for a total of seven times. She has been a member of the Townscape Group – formerly the Town Amenities Sub-Committee – for almost as long, and led that Group from 2017 until March 2024.

A graduate of the University of Birmingham and a career Local Government Officer, Susan retired from local government service in 2010, having been Town Clerk of Tring for twenty-one years. She has extensive experience of planning matters, although not herself a professional planner. Susan also represents the BCA as a nominated Trustee on the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, which reflects her interest in literature.

Susan is married to Brian who, as a Chartered Accountant, helps several local charities. They have two daughters, locally educated, but no longer living in Berkhamsted, and four grandchildren.