OCCUPATION: Retired Attorney and Business Consultant, and avid Community Volunteer
ELECTED EXPERIENCE: Susan Baldwin was first elected to Battle Creek City Commission in November 2003; re-elected through November 2017 (eight terms); retired from Commission in November 2020; elected to the Lakeview Schools Educational Foundation January 2021.
Battle Creek City Commission: While serving on Commission, she was appointed to a number of boards and committees including:
- AMSA – Area Metropolitan Service Agency
- Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority
- City Manager Evaluation Committee
- City Attorney Evaluation Committee
- Human Relations Board
- Legacy Cost Committee
- Planning Commission
- Public Transportation Committee
- Sustainable BC Committee
- Tax Abatement Committee
While on the City Commission, Susan also served on the Board of the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Women in Municipal Government and the MML Foundation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Executive Director, Economic Development Forum of Calhoun County
- Private legal practice in Birmingham and Farmington Hills, Michigan
- In-house corporate counsel for Blue Cross of Ohio
VOLUNTEER WORK/BOARDS/COMMITTEES:
- Volunteer for Lakeview Schools – room parent, PTA, Band and Orchestra Boosters, Spartanaires Parent Group
- Current Board Service
- Battle Creek Community Foundation – Encourage BC Board, Finance Committee, and Philanthropic Development Committee (former BCCF Board Member)
- Lakeview Schools Educational Foundation
- Prior Board Service
- Calhoun County Agricultural and Industrial Society (County Fairgrounds)
- Economic Development Corporation for Calhoun County
- Binder Park Zoo (including service as Board President)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- University of Cincinnati College of Law – Juris Doctorate – Law Review
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio – Political Science