Susan Solomon has led the public relations and marketing programs of several non-profit organisations. She has taught marketing, public relations, and writing a three Southern California universities, and in 2008 went to Armenia on a Fullbright scholarship to teach graduate-level marketing and public relations in Yerevan. To prepare for the journey she studied Armenian language and culture. Her Family went with her, and her two children went to school in Yervevan.Susan has written extensively in her field, and in 2005 published Building Powerful Health Care Brands. She has also written articles for the Los Angeles times and is currently writing a novel.

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