Suzi is the founder of S&S Consulting Collective. She is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of education and nonprofit management, leadership development, and DEIB.

Having served in senior leadership roles in higher education, independent schools and non-profit foundations, Suzi’s coaching and consulting work draws upon her over 22 years of multifaceted experiences. She’s led organizations successfully through even the most trying of times, from the great recession to the pandemic, and has developed the current generation of leaders within the education and non-profit sectors. Suzi is a sought after speaker, panelist and facilitator. In recent years, she has addressed issues ranging from the Varsity Blues controversy, to being a facilitator for Anti Racist Institutes, to serving as faculty for the Guiding the Way to Inclusion conference, to training the next generation of leaders through NACAC’s Middle Management Institute.

As a Certified Executive Leadership Development coach, Suzi helps a range of leaders - from those just rising into leadership positions to executive directors. Her practice centers on transformational leadership, intersectionality, and neuroscience based coaching.

A first-generation college student, Suzi is a proud community college graduate of the County College of Morris, later earning her bachelor’s degree from The College of New Jersey and master’s degree from the University of Chicago. She calls the Philadelphia area home, where she lives with her partner Lambert and is joyfully raising two daughters.

Beverly Henry Wheeler is a visionary, teacher, and facilitator with 37 years of experience creating tailored leadership models. An expert navigator of academic and organizational cultures, Beverly develops high performing individuals and teams. Combining her master’s-level knowledge of presenter techniques, current higher education trends, and research methods of analyzing data, Beverly has traveled across the country speaking on various topics concerning leadership in higher education and the admission profession.

Beverly brings her various organizational experience leading and serving on educational boards and organizations to S&S. She has served as the state president of the Texas Association for College Admission Counseling organization (TACAC) and as president of the National Association for College Admission Counseling organization (NACAC), an almost 20,000 plus member organization. In 2016, she received the Texas Association for College Admission Counseling Founder’s Award and in 2018 received the TACAC Honorary Lifetime Member Award, one of the highest member awards in the organization, in recognition of her devotion to students and exemplary contributions to the admission profession. Beverly earned a Bachelor of Social Work from The University of Texas at Austin and Master of Arts in Developmental & Adult Education from Texas State University.

A national leader, Beverly’s work centers on transformational leadership with expertise in relationship building and professional ethics with proven insight into leading through difficult situations. She believes as Mother Teresa once said, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

A sought after LGBTQIA+ leader and practitioner, Anna provides wide ranging and engaging educational experiences that expand knowledge, challenge assumptions, and work towards a more equitable, safe, and loving future in this world. Anna uses an eclectic approach to any work or service she is involved in, and truly believes in the power of relationship building, connection, and collective care.

A licensed clinical social worker offering a multitude of various services including individual psychotherapy in private practice, gender affirming and queer competency education and trainings, and as an adjunct trainer with the Affirmative Therapy for Transgender Communities program at the Widener University, Anna previously supervised the Gender Affirming Services programs at the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia, PA and worked in community healthcare settings. Anna’s clinical experience has primarily consisted of working with transgender, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and gender expansive children, teens, and young adults, as well as providing support and guidance to families and caregivers. Her clinical approach is deeply rooted in relational, attachment, narrative, and anti-racist frameworks.

Anna believes that individual and group healing and transformative change starts with a collaborative effort in building secure, affirming, and intersectional relationships. She believes that humans deserve to feel seen and it is everyone’s birthright to feel supported and receive vital forms of care. Anna places significant value on working from anti-oppressive, anti-abelist, and anti-racist approaches. She acknowledges the ways that cis-hetero-patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy have harmed BIPOC and oppressed people and communities. Anna’s commitments in service and in her personal life are both rooted in striving for collective liberation and deconstructing power and privilege dynamics.

A transracial Asian adoptee who was adopted as an infant to the United States from South Korea, Anna is a cisgender woman and identifies as queer.

A visionary, strategic and intentional counselor educator for 16 years, Aleny has successfully led, structured and restructured college counseling departments and programming at independent, parochial, and public schools resulting in reliable data driven outcome reporting, streamlined communication with key stakeholders, and increased employee and employer satisfaction.

A frequent presenter and leader at both the national and regional level, Aleny has trained educators on best practices in college counseling, on removing micro barriers to college access, and the impact of implementing rigorous curriculum. Additionally, she has facilitated and led conversations with both university admissions leaders and counselor educators on equitable admission practices, hiring, and programming for the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC) Antiracist Education Institute.

A proud first-generation American and college graduate, Aleny earned her BA from Florida International University’s Honors College where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and Nova Southeastern University where she earned her M.S. in School Counseling. As someone who believes professional affiliations and development are the cornerstone of her profession, Aleny reads and interviews for the Gates Scholarship, chairs the Membership Committee for the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS), and served on the Data Trends and Analytics Committee for ACCIS. Additionally, Aleny has volunteered for the Southern Association of College Admission Counselors (SACAC) since 2013 in several capacities, from chairing the annual conference’s college tours and presenting to families about the college process, to reader for the Horizon Award and Extend the Dream Scholarship, and Communications Liaison for the Communications Committee.

Susannah (Susie) Choitz is an expert organizer, a learner and an innovator that is dedicated to problem solving. Her positive mindset, technological background and ability to resolve misunderstandings has elevated every organization with which she has worked. Her passion is in helping others understand the benefit of technology and innovation and this is what keeps her learning and growing in this fast-paced society. Susie’s focus is to help people discover what they are capable of accomplishing because it is rewarding to embrace and implement change in order to get people and organization to the next level. She absolutely loves being part of a process that offers everyone a chance at a better outcome.

Susie has worked in nonprofit institutions for over 20 years, 17 of which were in independent schools. After attending public schools in the Philadelphia school district and then pursued a career in art and graphic design. Susie and her husband both worked full-time to raise their three children in Philadelphia. In 2015, Susie decided to pursue her college dreams to earn her bachelor degree on a part-time basis and is expected to graduate in 2023 from Penn State University with a major in Psychological and Social Sciences and a minor in Sociology. Susie believes in breaking learned behaviors by expanding the minds of as many people who will listen. She believes that even one small group of people can make a large impact if they hear and understand the right message. Susie was raised in a marginalized and oppressed community and raised in a family that believed they had limited options. So, now, armed knowledge and the ability to speak up for racial and economic justice, gender equity, and LGBTQ equality is a legacy she is honored to take part in through S&S.