Susan Yackley is a dynamic leader with practical experience and integrated knowledge in the arts and the entertainment industries, in city, county, state and federal political affairs, community relations and outreach, in education advocacy, client services and public speaking. Susan has strong, CORO trained career skills in communications, diplomacy, consensus building and organization, and is a results driven problem solver with positive mental attitude, a love of life and excellent people skills.

EXPERIENCE:                 

• Director of Business Development and Community Relations for the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC), currently called FilmLA, Inc.; Designed the program for filming in the 800 facilities in the Los Angeles Unified School District; Attended events and acted as community liaison to the production, residential, business and political community; Coordinated filming permits for the Angeles National Forest and was guest speaker at the USDA-CA Filming Conference.
• Field Deputy for the late Los Angeles City Council President John Ferraro, as a liaison to the Hollywood, Hancock Park, Wilshire and Larchmont neighborhoods; Regular attendance at Community meetings; Daily problem solving for constituents concerning City issues in all City Departments
• Field Representative for California State Assembly member Scott Wildman, (43rd Assembly District - Burbank, Glendale, Northeast Los Angeles); Liaison to the Entertainment and Education communities and to Northeast Los Angeles
• Current Chairperson; Los Angeles County Community Action Board; Recommends allocations of six million dollars in federal CSBG poverty program money; Appointed by County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
• Producer: “Anthony Claps Retrospective”; Oak Park Art League, Illinois; Exhibit of 54 works of art of mid-century artist whose work had not been seen in public in 42 years.
• Graduate of Leadership Southern California, Class XI
• Moderator – Leadership Southern California panel discussion on “Economic Development in the Entertainment Industry” at Paramount Studios
• Moderator - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce panel “The New City Charter”
• Former Advisory Board member–LACER (Los Angeles Center for Education Research); after school programs for middle school students
• Mayor Richard Riordan Appointee to Los Angeles Volunteer Bureau Advisory Board

• Co-Chair of Bubel/Aiken Foundation “Voices for Change” Gala dinner
• Delegate to the State Democratic Convention
• Democrat of the Year - 43rd Assembly District
• Los Feliz Improvement Association Board of Directors; Editor Los Feliz Observer
• Member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Citizens Committee on Superintendent Selection
• Member of the Board of Trustees, LEARN - Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now
• Associate Producer - The Children of the World Project
• PTA Unit and Council President;Leadership Council member at three LAUSD schools
• Additional experience in Event Planning, Travel, Theatrical Producing and Directing