She is both the Executive and Artistic Director of ImprovWorks, the San Francisco Center for Improvisation, a non-profit theater arts/education organization which produces public classes and performances as well as customized workshops for schools, senior centers, community agencies and corporations. Sue has administered as well as taught since 1978, including facilitating play events (called Recess!) for adults, couples, families and business groups. Recently, she has expanded nationally, bringing her insightful perspective and broadly applied improvisation to groups in other cities.

Sue has a BA in Education and since 1980, has trained and coached business people in credibility, congruency and communication skills, using the tools and techniques to help people become more authentically expressive. In addition, she has offered companies a new approach to building positive work relations, enhanced creativity, flowing with change through an experiential learning model -- a creative and effective format, that also happens to be fun. Results have been produced for corporations such as IBM, MCI, Xerox, Apple, The Gap, Discovery Channel, and many more. Also, she has presented her unique methods at both regional and national conferences in workshop sessions and keynote speeches.

Sue has been published in "Vision Action," the Journal of the Bay Area Organizational Development Network, and has co-authored a book for Whole Person Associates (Working With Groups to Enhance Relationships), a playful approach to building relationship skills. Her second book on the relationship between play and learning will be published by Jossey-Bass next year.

Plus, she produces, directs AND performs with San Francisco's longest running 100% improvisational theater company, FLASH FAMILY.

Website: www.improvworks.org