Instructor: Susan Rucker

Susan Rucker
Biography: Susan Rucker is a seasoned executive with over thirty years of progressively responsible positions managing high performance teams and growing businesses. She has served as a senior operating executive in the professional services, technology, and higher education industries, an audit and consulting partner in one of the Big 4 accounting firms, and has managed businesses of over $100 million in annual revenue. She has managed domestic and global businesses, growing them through internal initiatives and acquisitions. Mrs. Rucker currently serves as the CFO at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary, and also has an independent consulting business where she does executive coaching and strategic consulting for businesses.Mrs. Rucker started her career at KPMG. During her 24 years there, she served as an audit partner, consulting partner, National Partner in Charge of Outsourcing, and the first Partner-In-Charge of international product development. Mrs. Rucker served in national positions in the Healthcare and Higher Education industries including holding the position of National Industry Director for Healthcare Providers and serving on the both the National Healthcare and National Not-For-Profit Leadership teams. Among her healthcare clients were numerous academic medical centers, national healthcare organizations, and community hospitals. She also worked with healthcare payers, both captive and free-standing, and with med tech and medical device companies.Mrs. Rucker has worked in global environments managing people in over 30 countries, and has traveled to more than 40 countries. A skilled communicator and facilitator, she has worked with boards and CEOs developing and implementing business strategy. Mrs. Rucker has held senior management positions at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary, KPMG, Unisys, and Tatum LLC. In addition to managing client service delivery, Mrs. Rucker has also managed information technology, recruiting, human resources and accounting and finance functions. She currently serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations including LifeSpire of Virginia and the Patient Access Network Foundation. Mrs. Rucker is a CGMA and a licensed CPA in the state of Virginia and a certified PDP administrator for ProScan, TeamScan, and JobScan. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the College of William and Mary.

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