Suzanne O'Keeffe

Suzanne came to PBI after many years as a public banking and homeowner advocate in Los Angeles following the financial crash. In 2017, Suzanne organized with Ellen Brown and Carlos Marroquin the Bring On the Power of a Public Bank town hall forum that significantly catalyzed Los Angeles’ public bank movement. Over her career, she has been Director of Marketing and Public Relations for non-profit arts organizations, an independent web developer, filmmaker, media consultant, and a core team member of influential grassroots organizations. She holds a masters in professional writing from Carnegie Mellon, a digital media certificate from Vancouver Film School, and BS in biology / psychology from Allegheny College.