Sue Stephenson

Sue Stephenson managed communications at Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) for 20 years. DSRSD provides water, wastewater and recycled water services to 188,000 people living in Dublin, San Ramon, and Pleasanton. Prior to that, she was a Principal Public Information Officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a speechwriter for an Under Secretary in the Department of Energy, and she has provided media training and speakers training for CEOs and senior managers nationwide. She served on the Association of California Water Agencies Board of Directors for 14 years as chair of the Communication Committee and served on the Communications Committee of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies. She has more than 40 years of experience in public relations.

She is past chair of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. And she has served in various capacities on the Amador Valley Quilters Guild Board of Directors. She holds a Masters’ degree in Communication from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Journalism from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Sue is writing a fictional account of her ancestors covered wagon journey west to settle in Colville, Washington. And she continues her passion of making quilts.