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Member Profiles
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A world-wide traveler throughout her life, Susie Nulty couldn't have chosen a more appropriate group to join in 1996 than the Pikes Peak Area club of Zonta International. Her traveling heart still beats strongly as she and her daughter Kylie save their money for a trip to Italy next summer. Susie also made an overseas trip to Hong Kong with her son Michael when he was 16 years old.
Susie was an "Army brat" which may give one insight into her wanderlust. Born in Heidelberg, Germany, she went on to live in Kansas, New York, Virginia, France, and the Netherlands. She attended three different high schools in three different countries (Germany, France and the Netherlands). After graduating from high school, Susie chose to attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins - sight unseen. An acquaintance attended classes at CSU, so she enrolled and hoped for the best. She earned her teaching degree in secondary education (social studies) with a minor in mathematics and feels the math portion of her education may have propelled her into the accounting and computer fields.
After college, Susie moved to Australia for two years to help build a house for American friends. She and her husband lived in a tent on a station with no running water, a chicken coop and an outhouse. During the winter months, they worked at a ski area in the Snowy Mountains, a cosmopolitan area which employed Americans and Europeans.
Susie went on to spend six months in Southeast Asia, where she visited Iran, Afghanistan, and northern Burma which had just opened up to outside travelers. Although it was safe to do so in 1975-76, Susie says she would never visit those countries today.
After her travels in Southeast Asia, Susie moved to Vail, Colorado where her son was born. She managed condos during the four years her family lived in Vail. Her next home was in Seattle, Washington, where she worked for a company that programmed music for airlines and businesses. She determined royalties for artists and companies such as The Limited and Gap. Her daughter Kylie also was born while they lived in Seattle. When Kylie was two years old, Susie came back to Colorado and began working at the American Numismatic Association (ANA), where she has been for the past 14 years. Starting as data processing manager, her title changed to MIS director and she currently serves as IT director and Webmaster.
A busy woman, Susie especially enjoys walking, reading and cooking in her spare time. She has been part of an eight-woman reading group for the past nine years, reading everything from mysteries to Southwestern-based novels to popular fiction. In addition to reading together, the group has enjoyed camping trips, overnight cabin getaways, and playing hockey.
Susie's introduction to Zonta came from fellow reading group member and walking partner, Kris Wells. After helping wrap table favors and attending several Zonta functions, Susie felt it was time to join the Pikes Peak Area club. Since 1996 she has served as Director, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster.
Susie's children are both doing very well in their young lives. Michael (22) is studying architecture at CU Boulder. Kylie will be a junior in high school this fall and plays goalie for her high school soccer team (her great passion!).