22 -year
Manhattan Beach
resident
Ivy-League
MBA
education
20-year
small business
owner
Decades of
community involvement
& committment
Professional Experience
- Corporate finance 1985-1987
Bankers Trust: Atlanta and New York - Treasury 1987-1989
RJR Nabisco: Atlanta - Consulting Summer 1990
McKinsey & Company: Atlanta - Marketing 1991-1996
Columbia House: New York - Small-business owner of retail store 1992-2002
Nancy’s Petites: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin - Aide, Manhattan Beach Library 2016-present
Volunteer Experience
- Block captain Neighborhood Watch 2006-present
500 and 600 blocks of 30th and 31st Streets - President, School Site council 2016-present
Mira Costa High School - Treasurer, MB Coordinating Council 2016-present
- Parent volunteer 2000-2017
Various school groups and local sports
Mira Costa baseball and football, Mira Costa HS marching band, MBMS band, Little League baseball and softball, AYSO - Chair of the Board of Circle of Love Preschool 2002-2006
Education
- Earned an MBA in 1991 at The Tuck School at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire
- Earned a B.A. in 1985 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Double major in Economics and Russian Language & Literature. Studied in Moscow for one semester during the Cold War: Aug-Dec 1983. Performed work/study all four years of college: Freshman year as dorm pot washer; sophomore-senior years as administrative assistant in college’s Department of Russian.
- Proficient in financial accounting and QuickBooks
Personal
- 22-year Manhattan Beach Resident
- Married 26 years to David Hadley
- Mother of four great kids, all educated within MBUSD: Grand View Elementary, MBMS, and Mira Costa. Our son is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Our oldest daughter is a former NCAA Division 1 scholarship gymnast and a senior at the College of William & Mary. Our second daughter is a college sophomore in nursing at the University of Michigan. Our youngest daughter is a senior at Mira Costa.
- Raised in Wisconsin; have also lived in Massachusetts, Georgia, New Hampshire and New York
“I’m supporting Suzanne for council on March 5. Suzanne owned a retail business for 20 years.
She will work to keep MB special and our local businesses strong.”
Linda McLoughlin Figel – owner, {pages: a bookstore}
