Suzanne Johansen

Project Director/RealtorĀ® Partner

Suzanne is a Bay Area native born in Berkeley. She has an MA in Art History from UC Berkeley. Her early working years were spent as a theatre costumer for Bay Area Shakespeare festivals and 9 years in the textile industry working for a local textile manufacturer.

She moved to KQED where her love of project management began. She organized the first “green” pledge drive in the nation and helped KQED down a carbon neutral path.

Following her interest in climate change awareness and social responsibility, Suzanne became a Project Manager for Celery Design Collaborative and Free Range Studios, local creative agencies specializing in social justice, corporate responsibility and animal rights. Over the last six years she had led many sustainability, branding/marketing campaigns and web development projects for clients from nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies. She is certified as a PMP (Project Management Professional) and a SCM (Certified Scrum Master).

Suzanne’s past volunteer experiences include audience development for Berkeley Art Museum/ Pacific Film Archive, committee leads for Association of Moving Image Archivists, Silent Film Database Project, a summer at the Venice Biennale with the Australian Pavilion, an intern at the Wollongong City Gallery, Australia, and as a board member for Project Tango. She’s currently a member of CERT (Community’s Emergency Response Team) Pleasant Hill, and a volunteer with the Contra Costa Humane Society.

In her free time, she squeezes in as much gardening, camping, ice skating, hiking, cycling, textiles, tango dancing, and Pilates as she can.