Suzanne Burks is a business developer, an innovative thinker and a philanthropic strategist. She s also a relationship builder. She began her career right here in Twin Cities with General Mills and over a 20-year period, worked her way up from a summer intern through a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, emerging as a director of General Mills Foundation and as executive director of ethnic community relations.
She s now back in town to lead the legacy institution, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC). Her goal: rebuild and rebrand, moving the organization forward with a new strategic direction by introducing new program initiatives and at the same time, honoring the power of longevity and legacy by planning PWCCâs 100th Anniversary.