Suzan E. Fenner, Chair

Suzan Fenner joined the TLIE Board in 1982 and has served in a variety of positions, including Chair of the Underwriting Committee and Retirement and Benefits Committee and now serves as Chair of the Board. From 1973-2008, Suzan practiced law with Gardere Wynne Sewell (now a part of Foley & Lardner, LLP) and Gardere’s predecessor firms, where she chaired the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group and served on the Partner’s Board as well having leadership positions on several other committees. During her years of private practice, Suzan was always actively involved in community and religious organizations. When she retired from private practice in 2008, she began volunteering her services on a full-time basis on the boards of a variety of nonprofit and charitable organizations. She currently serves on as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of High Adventure Treks for Dads and Daughters and Dads and Sons, and in several volunteer capacities for Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Dallas. Previously, she served on the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin where she chaired the Strategic Planning Committee; she chaired the Board of Directors of Dallas Challenge, Inc., and the Board of Directors of Cathedral Gardens; and she chaired the Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Tech Law School Foundation. In her free time, Suzan enjoys travel, especially to Australia where her daughter and family live, reading, being an amateur chef, and playing with the grandchildren.