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About Susie

Policy and budget wonk. I love nothing more than digging deep into budget and policy, ferreting out the impact of budget (policy) decisions on people and communities. I'm a believer in good, solid community engagement; no 48-hour notice for government-called meetings for me! Open data and superb information-sharing on the part of decision-makers make me gleeful.

In my more than 20 years working on local DC policy in human/social services, crime and violence, and environmental issues, I've had the pleasure of working with some amazingly talented wonks. They set the stage for a robust and skilled public policy and budget advocacy community, prepared me for my career, and helped me help other advocates be their better selves.

Since moving to the Northern Neck in 2016, I’ve tried to understand my new home through the lens of policy and budget. This attempt to get the lay of the land led to the blog Policy on the #NNK.

In addition, I’ve worked with the Northumberland County Economic Development Commission on two projects. The first was “Come and get it,” an effort to promote county restaurants during the first year of the pandemic. The second was to create and update the Do. Stay. Eat. tourism map.

In addition, I’ve provided pro bono consulting services to the Northumberland County Historical Society about their website and providing a better user experience to website and organization users.

Several years ago, I created and shared (Crowdsourced) Flyer posting locations/outreach sites. Sure, those who've lived here a long time know all the places to post flyers and how to get their news on the radio. But I'm new-ish and I find having a list makes promoting events easier. Even better, this list can be updated by anyone on the NNK and can be downloaded and personalized for an individual's or organization's use. Have updates? Please make them and add the date updated (please!).

My quilting business blue nose creative is a member of the Lancaster by the Bay Chamber of Commerce and I manage social media for Sewlovelee in Irvington.

Want to talk? Want to hire me for a wonky project? Email me, susie.cambria@gmail.com.

Updated February 4, 2023

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