Meet Our Staff

Suzanne Rothwell is a member of the Advancement Division staff who serves as the staff liaison to the CCAA Advisory Council and the CC Friends of the 70’s Alumni Advisory committee. Her 13-year tenure at Columbia College has been spent in a variety of areas of Advancement, including public relations, communications, fundraising, community relations, and alumni relations. Within CC, Suzanne serves on the Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee, the Homecoming Committee, the Commencement Committee, the Robert W. Plaster School of Business Advisory Council and the Steven & Barbara Fishman Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.

Externally, Suzanne is a member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as well as a Chamber Ambassador. She is a member of the Columbia Public Schools Superintendents Advisory Committee and is on the Advisory Council for the Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation, where she previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors. She is also a former member of the Board of Directors for the Boone County Historical Society. Suzanne has been recognized with awards such as the Columbia Daily Tribune Women in Business Professional Excellence Award, as a founding member of the Columbia Business Times 40 Under 40, and in 2021 she was named the Alumna of the year for the Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation.

She is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where she served as the President of the College of Human Environmental Sciences Alumni Board. She and her husband, Jim are members of the Columbia College President’s Society, Ivy & Oak Circle. She considers herself a connector and fully enjoys her work with CC alumni. In her spare time, Suzanne enjoys time on the MKT Trail and at Capen Park with her golden retrievers. Suzanne and Jim have two adult daughters, Kaitlyn of Kansas City, Missouri, and Olivia of Portland, Maine. Jim and Suzanne reside in Columbia, Missouri.