Susie has owned and operated SBS Farms, Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y. since 1980 where she has trained hunters, jumpers, and equitation students, with great success on a national level. She has trained seven National High Score award horses out of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. Many of her junior and amateur riders and horses have winning records from HITS Ocala to Pennsylvania National. Susie has been a horse show judge for over 25 years, and has judged top shows such as Devon, Washington International Horse Show, Palm Beach, Indio, Junior Medal Finals and NEEC (for three times) and the National Horse Show including the ASPCA Maclay Finals on her resume. Susie was also the executive director of the Buffalo Equestrian Center from 1996-2016. She has served on many national committees such as the USEF Hunter Task Force, the USEF Junior Hunter Task Force, Zone 2 Committee, USEF Drugs and Medication and Veterinary Committee, International Horsemen’s Advisory, and the USHJA Judges Educational Committee.

Susie has been the executive director of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center since 2002. This organization serves a huge amount of children ages 5-18 with special needs. Susie has built the program to its current number of 150 students. The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center was built in 1922 on the site of The Pan Am Games. It is probably one of three indoor facilities in the center of a city, and serves a community of children who cannot participate in any other sport and have found a new purpose and life with horses in the middle of Buffalo.