City Councillor (Elected 2005, Re-elected 2008): 

• Focus on land use (EcoDensity), transportation, environmental and sport issues
• Alternate director, Metro Vancouver Board
• Member, Park Committee, Metro Vancouver
• Member, Electoral District A Committee, Metro Vancouver
• Member, Sport Tourism Task Force, Tourism Vancouver

  Previously served as:

• Council liaison to Heritage Commission, Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Director, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Vice-chair, Committee to increase women's participation in municipal politics, FCM
• Member, Governance Review Committee, FCM
• Member, Land Use and Transportation Committee, Metro Vancouver Board
• Member UBC/ Metro Vancouver Joint Committee
• Director, Translink (2006-2007)
• Finance Committee, Translink (2006-2007)

Park Board Commissioner (2002 - 2005): 

• Championed the building of Vancouver's first synthetic turf soccer pitches
• Promoted the skateboard park at Quilchena Park
• Led the process to unify McBride Park
• Promoted building a new track in Vancouver, a city with no synthetic track;
• Worked with the Eburne Lands working group to promote a waterfront walkway along the Fraser River;
• Helped found and continued to serve on the advisory committee of MoreSports, an initiative to bring non-participating children and families into sport.

Other background and accomplishments:

Professional background:

• Lawyer, Crown prosecutor
• Mathematics teacher, American International School, Lisbon, Portugal
• Mathematics teacher, Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), Northern Nigeria. 

Community Sports and Recreation current and past service:

• Member, Achilles Track Club and organizing committee of Harry Jerome Track Meet
• Director, Vancouver Youth Soccer Association
• President, Kerrisdale Soccer and Athletic Society
• Vice president, Vancouver Field Sport Federation
• Director, Riley Park Community Association

Previous city leadership

• Member, ARKS (Arbutus Ridge Shaughnessy Kerrisdale) CityPlan visioning committee
• Member, Steering Committee, Rick Hansen's Wheels in Motion event
• Winner, 2002 Volunteer of the Year award, Vancouver Park Board
• Member, Vancouver City Planning Commission
• Chair, Parent Advisory Council, L'ecole Bilingue.

Family

Suzanne and her husband Olin have cycled across Canada over a number of years and in 2009 reached the top of Signal Hill in St John's Nfld. They have 3 adult children, Elizabeth, Robert and Angus.