Susan has worked in the Australian renewable energy and broader sustainability sectors for more than three decades. She is a Director of the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Chair of the Additive Manufacturing CRC, a member of the SA Premier's Climate Change Council, and a former Director of The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Susan works with industry, research organisations and governments to build relationships and foster collaboration on shared goals. She develops pathways for reaching agreed outcomes from differing perspectives, informed by a deep understanding of the political environment and how governments seek and develop a national interest view. She has previously held the roles of inaugural CEO of the Australian Geothermal Energy Association (AGEA), and of the Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGA). Prior to 2002, she was the Climate Change and Energy Advisor to former Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill and the Member for Kingston in the Federal Parliament.