Faculty and staff
Susan Kurtz
Title |
Address |
Phone |
E-mail |
Special Events Coordinator |
116 Lane |
231-3580 |
Susan Kurtz graduated from Parsons School of Design, NYC with a BFA in illustration, drawing and design. She went on for a masters in education at Adelphi University in LI, NY. She traveled throughout Europe, then lived and studied in Israel for one year.
She worked doing many creative jobs while living in NY. She worked as a Staff Development Trainer and began a program to train new employees at Selby Fifth Avenue. She developed programs, started customer mailing lists and provided a service oriented workforce to build record sales for the company. She worked doing artwork for The New York Times, Readers Digest, and Sport Magazine. She developed an interest in drawing figures in action and became a sports illustrator and artist showing in galleries throughout the world.
After having her first child, she turned this creative energy and networking into a way to organize and develop programs at the Y her son attended.
Susan initiated and developed many new creative programs at the preschool and took the students from a small group of 18 to 100+ in a few short years. She developed after school programs for kindergarteners and continued to help grow the South Shore Y into a huge success. The Y just finished building an incredible multi-million dollar facility whose first concept and initial fundraising was started with the creative vision of Susan and the board 13 years ago.
She truly listens to people and develops cooperative development towards a win/win situation for all.
Since moving to Blacksburg, she has used many of these skills to develop programs for the town. As Director of The New River United Soccer Association, she worked with board, parents and players of varying levels of play and interests to build the infrastructure of the organization with strong communication, clerical and development skills. She was responsible to manage/support multiple tasks, projects and special events.
Susan's goal is to build sustaining, vibrant and meaningful interdisciplinary campus communities through strategic vision and leadership.