Suzanne L. Weber, M.B.A.

Suzanne is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Development Guild/DDI. She began her consulting work with a focus on planning and analysis, later using these planning approaches and tools to inform the development of the firm’s fundraising and executive search services.

She has led many projects with over 100 clients, many of whom are return clients and significant friends of the firm. Recent clients include Cathedral High School, Greater Boston Food Bank, Museum of Science, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and The Discovery Museums.

In addition to her role as CEO, Suzanne’s contributions to the firm have evolved since its inception. In the early 1980s, she contributed to Development Guild/DDI’s first planning models, co-authoring “Long Range Planning: the First Cut” and “Real World Planning.” Planning services continue to be a focus of her client work, sometimes in support of staffing planning, sometimes in collaboration with fundraisers, and sometimes as a stand alone service, e.g. joining with a client to develop a strategic plan. Two decades ago, she, Dr. William Weber and Ms. Susan Bragg Meurer created the firm’s approach to executive search services, which applies strategic planning and development expertise to the search process. These services have since grown to be more than one-third of the firm’s work. Capturing new value from the powerful combination of DG/DDI services and the pursuit of excellence for clients and the firm remains as motivating for Suzanne today as when DG/DDI opened its doors.

Suzi received her M.B.A. from Simmons School of Management in 1982. She feels her first training and early love of organizations came from working with her inventor father and her mother for their water treatment firm, Heller Labs. Prior to co-founding Development Guild/DDI, she was an educator.

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