Susan Balaun has over 30 years of experience in marketing, advertising, public administration, and business management. She holds an MBA from Hodges University and a Bachelor's degree in Administration from Barry University. Currently she works as the Executive Administrator to the City Manager of Fort Myers, Florida, utilizing her education and experience to help the organization achieve its goals. Previously she held various marketing, public relations, and administrative roles for both private companies and municipalities.

1. Susan Balaun, MBA
16000 Via Solera Circle, Unit #102, Fort Myers, FL 33908* Cell: 239-826-8030
Email: susanbalaun@gmail.com
Career Objective:
To utilize my educational knowledge and professional experience in public and business administration,
advertising, marketing, and public relations, to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives.
Professional Experience:
Executive Administrator to the City Manager, City of Fort Myers, Florida (11/2007-Present)
Customer Service Representative II, Community Development, City of Fort Myers (02/2006-11/2007)
V.P., Advertising Account Executive; Stalker Advertising & Public Relations, Inc., Fairlawn, Ohio
(1981 to 1988 & 1990 to 2004)
Advertising/Marketing Director/Canton Centre Mall, Canton, Ohio (1989-1990)
Forrest City Management Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Copywriter, Secretary/Stalker Advertising and Public Relations, Inc., Fairlawn, OH (06/1979-06/1981)
Board of Director, (1987-2002), President-Elect, (1997), President (1998), and
Executive Director (2002-2004) Fairlawn Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairlawn, OH
Education:
2-Year Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) (2015)/ 4.0 GPA Summa Cum Laude
Hodges University, Fort Myers, FL Campus/Naples, Florida
MBA Comprehensive Examination * Applied Economics * Financial Analysis for Management
Business Strategy & Decision Making * Training Development & Motivation * Managerial and
Financial Accounting * Legal Environment of Business * Professional Environment of Business *
Executive Leadership & Decision Making * Sustainability & Global Dimensions of Business * Research
Methods * Strategic Marketing Methods * Business Administration Concepts & Theory I
4- Year Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration (2013)/ 4.0 GPA
Barry University Adult Continuing Education (ACE), Fort Myers, Florida Campus
Barry University, Miami Florida
Theories of Communication * Statistics * Analytical Writing and Research * Microsoft Office
Contemporary Problems in Ethics * American Religion * Turning Points in Christianity * Modern
Currents in the Humanities * Survey of Romantic 20th
Century Music * Experiencing Art

2. Administrative Capstone * Administrative Theory * Services Marketing * Leadership Development
Quality and Productivity * Strategic Human Resources * Diversity * Training and Development
2.5 Years of College (1979-1980) & (1989-1991)
Business Administration & Sales & Marketing
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Principles of Advertising * Marketing * International Business * Public Relations * Public Speaking
Sales Promotion * Retailing Principles * English Composition II * Sales * Oral Communications
Retailing Fundamentals * Sociology * Micro Economics * Macro Economics * Business Law I
Business Law II * Psychology * Western Civilization * Geology * Mathematics * Biology
High School Graduate, Copley Sr. High School, Copley, Ohio (1979)