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Susan Meeske

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Susan Meeske's Biography

Susan Meeske graduated from Hastings College in Nebraska with a degree in Broadcast Communications and Public Relations.  She was active on the nationally-ranked speech and forensics team, served as Vice President of the Student Body and honored as one of the top ten seniors for academic and leadership achievement.  

Susan started her career at Walt Disney World with a college internship and decided the bright lights of Orlando may have more to offer than the cornfields of Nebraska. She worked at Disney in sales and was selected as an instructor out of 300 applicants to teach the new employee orientation program called “Traditions” which teaches company history, corporate culture and Disney’s rigorous customer service standards.

She spent seven years at Universal Studios working in brand marketing and corporate sponsorship.  She developed over $100 million in national television and print advertising campaigns with Coca-Cola, Discover Card, Dodge and Wendy’s Restaurants. In 2000, her work with Universal Studios and Dodge was featured in Brand Week magazine as the top grossing co-marketing campaign in theme park history. Susan has her MBA from Rollins College, which is ranked the #1 Florida business school by both Forbes and US News and World Report.

Susan joined the Leadership Difference in 2004 as the Director of Client Relationships. The Leadership Difference is an organization that specializes in corporate training and “enter-train-ment” working with clients such as Sub-Zero Appliances, Allstate Insurance and Lennar Homes.   She also uses her expertise in communications and marketing to facilitate classes along with Dave Mitchell, the founder of the Leadership Difference.

Susan now lives in Denver with her husband and two sons, Keaghan and Moses.  Her active involvement in the community has included serving on the Rollins College Alumni Board, being a member of Junior League and a five-year stint as a coach for a kindergarten basketball team.  She currently volunteers with the non-profit organization- Colorado Youth at Risk and has been a mentor for four years and sits on their Board of Directors.