Sue Heintz

Sue is a native Chicagoan with roots in Humboldt Park, degrees from Mundelein (BA 68) and Northwestern (MBA 83), and a home in Lake Bluff where she lives with her husband of 54 years, Tom. Almost retired, Sue has spent her 30+ year professional career in advertising and go-to-market strategy consulting, focusing on global technology companies. She has published a book, several white papers, seminars, and blogs on the topic of how to work with various types of business and technology partners.
Her corporate positions include:
Director of Advertising for Helene Curtis Industries
Partner, Frank Lynn and Associates (a global go-to-market strategy consultancy)
Vice President, Worldwide Channel Strategy for Avaya
As President of her own business, Channel Management Professionals, LLC, Sue continued to work with Fortune 100 companies and small start-ups to help them grow profitably through multiple business relationships.
On the philanthropy side, Sue has focused her energy on dance, young people, and entrepreneurs:
Chairwoman of the Board, Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago
Vice President, Community Development, North Shore United Way
Joffrey Womens Board
Coach for Springboard, a womens venture capital organization
Mentor for Argonnes Lab Accelerator program to help young entrepreneurs commercialize their new technologies
President of the Board, Visceral Dance Chicago
Sues great passion is dance. For six years, she was a member of the Swingin Seniors, the senior dance team of the Chicago Bulls.