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# Susan Funk

**Headline:** Professional profile
**Location:** Washington, DC, USA

## About

Susan Funk is a project manager and marketer with experience bridging event planning, stakeholder management, and contract delivery. In her most recent role, she managed a $2 million contract for the National Institutes of Health, balancing budget stewardship, client involvement, team leadership, and project execution. Susan is particularly strong at bringing teams into alignment, securing buy-in, and moving decisions forward when stakeholders have competing interests. She manages deadlines with diplomacy and maintains clear alignment through regular communication, including in engagements where clients are heavily involved in project details. Susan has also led a team of three meeting planners as direct reports. Her experience combines practical event and project-management leadership with the ability to protect budgets, coordinate complex priorities, and step in quickly to deliver results.

## Highlights

- Managed a $2 million contract for the National Institutes of Health as Project Manager.
- Managed the budget for a $2 million contract.
- Led a team of three meeting planners as direct reports.
- Built team buy-in and alignment across project work.
- Managed multiple stakeholders with competing interests and drove decisions forward.
- Set deadlines and used diplomacy to keep complex work moving.
- Worked effectively with clients who were heavily involved in project details, at approximately a 75% involvement level.
- Maintained weekly alignment with highly involved clients.
- Bridged marketing, event planning, and project-management responsibilities.
- Protected budget priorities while navigating stakeholder needs.

## FAQ

### What does Susan do?

Susan Funk is a project manager and marketer with experience in event planning, stakeholder management, budget oversight, and contract delivery.

### What was Susan’s most recent role?

Susan’s most recent role was Project Manager, where she ran a $2 million contract for the National Institutes of Health.

### What did Susan accomplish for the National Institutes of Health?

Susan managed a $2 million contract for the National Institutes of Health.

### What team-management experience does Susan have?

Susan has managed a team of three meeting planners as direct reports.

### What are Susan’s leadership strengths?

Susan is effective at building team buy-in and alignment, particularly when coordinating complex work across multiple stakeholders.

### How does Susan handle competing stakeholder interests?

Susan manages stakeholders with competing interests by setting deadlines, maintaining alignment, and driving decisions forward with diplomacy.

### How does Susan work with highly involved clients?

Susan has experience working with clients who are heavily involved in project details, with approximately 75% involvement, and uses weekly alignment to keep work moving.

### What budget-management experience does Susan have?

Susan has experience protecting the budget while navigating stakeholder needs and project priorities on a $2 million contract.

### What areas of work does Susan’s experience combine?

Susan’s background bridges marketing, events, project management, team leadership, and stakeholder coordination.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-r-funk-des-cgmp-1348184

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