Suzanne P. Fawbush, Class of 1983, serves as Chair of the EKU Foundation Board and is the Chief Administrative Officer of Grisanti Capital Management, a money management firm located in New York City. Suzanne is the first EKU graduate of Columbia Law School, specializing in international secured financing transactions, project finance, and general corporate governance issues at MAI Capital Management.
A native Kentuckian, Suzanne was a high-achieving student but didn’t consider attending college because she didn’t think she could afford it. She was encouraged by two professors to look at scholarship options and apply. Suzanne thrived academically while being involved in her sorority and working on campus. At some point, she decided she wanted to go to law school, so she went to the Crabbe Library, looked up the top 10 law schools, and decided she wanted to go to the one that was the highest ranked. As she notes, “Looking back, I’m surprised that I was confident enough to think I could get into one of the best law schools in the country…Eastern gave me that confidence.”
Suzanne gives back to EKU by providing her own scholarship and serves as Chair of the Foundation Board. Among other things, Suzanne wants students to know that an EKU education is the key to unlocking their opportunities.
“An EKU education changes lives. I know that to be true because it changed mine.”
Suzanne, her husband Chris, and their four daughters reside in New York City.