Suzanne H. Gilbert

Suzanne spent 30 years within the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). She retired as Vice Chair-WW CFO at Initiative Media. Prior to that she was WW-CFO at Lowe Lintas & Partners Worldwide, EVP-Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at Cmpbell-Ewald Worldwide, and SVP-Finance & Administration at Clinton E. Frank Advertising.

She currently is a member of the board of advisors of Grace & Co. Consultancy, Inc. and for the previous nine years was on the board of directors of a private electric vehicle company where she chaired its audit committee and sat on the compensation, corporate governance, and transactions committees. She is active in Financial Executives International and its national committee on governance, risk and compliance, and previously served as president of its Detroit chapter. She is an elected member of the International Women’s Forum and past treasurer of its Chicago Forum.

Previously, she served on the board of trustees of Fielding Graduate University and chaired its finance, investment, and IT committees; the Detroit Workforce Development Commission executive board; the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) insurance company board and its investment and audit committees; as well as local civic board associations.

She received her MBA from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business and a BS from Marquette University, where at each school she was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.