Susan T Spencer, Author

A Lifetime Spent in Discovering Essentials for Women in Business

Susan T Spencer graduated with honors and awards from Boston University (BA)and received her MA in history/economics from Hofstra— her thesis on “The Role of Women in Business During the Revolutionary War, 1770-1785″ was a foreshadowing of her own business career.

She founded her first company – (Papillon) producing high end tennis clothing to stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. A legal dispute with her partner resulted in an early termination of the company which motivated her to enter law school to study business law.

Susan T Spencer

The Buck Stops Here

After Susan T Spencer graduated Villanova Law School she joined a large Philadelphia law firm and worked as in-house counsel of the Philadelphia Eagles. After several years handling all the legal matters at the Eagles she was promoted to VP and General Manager–the only woman to ever hold all three positions with a professional football team.

Five years later, after the team was sold, she started her own food distribution company. Within three years her company was doing ten million in sales. That year

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she purchased her first meat processing company – Allied Steaks, and a few years later purchased a large meat processing business with several hundred employees. Her companies had combined annual revenues of 50 million. Susan continued to expand Allied Steaks, which she owned and operated for twenty years.

Allied Steaks was the only woman owned company that sold millions of pounds of meat products to national fast food chains including; McDonald’s, Dunkin Donuts, Dairy Queen, Jack in the Box, and many others.

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Briefcase Essentials, Susan’s first book, has received the Axiom Award as one of the best business books of 2011. Briefcase Essentials was written to share her stories about working in male dominated industries and describe how she used 12 natural talents that all women possess, to succeed in a business world that is currently dominated by men.

She currently owns a meat trading company, hosts a radio show (Business Buzz) on Women’s Radio, is a guest lecturer at UNLV’s School of Entrepreneurship, and is a blogger (www.briefcaseessentials.com/blog).

Her series of articles about women’s issues and professional football have been featured on CNBC.com, The Huffington Post, and Reuters.com among others. Susan is a featured lecturer, and provides commentary on numerous sports radio shows. She also finds time to mentor young entrepreneurs.