On May 16, 2002, Sue and Phil Ershler became the first couple to climb the Seven Summits
together. This considerable achievement led to global media coverage including
interviews with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America,
Fredrica Whitfield on CNN and scores
of other national television stories and
extensive worldwide newspaper coverage.
During the same decade, Sue climbed the
corporate ladder serving in a number of
management positions for Fortune 500
corporations predominantly in Telecommunications.
Consistently earning
annual President's Club sales awards,
she balanced her time between her
corporate responsibilities and climbing
mountains. She uses her training as a
leader in sales as the foundation for
training to climb mountains.
International Speaker, Business & Sales Executive, Mountain Climber
Susan's Profile
Mt. Everest & the Seven Summits Completed May, 16 2002
World Record - First couple in history to climb the Seven Summits
4th American woman to climb Seven Summits & 12th to climb Mt. Everest
23 year Fortune 500 corporate leadership background
Regional Vice President responsible for corporation's largest clients
Direct leadership of sales teams for 15 consecutive years with increasing responsibility from
$1M in annual revenue to $600M
Earned 11 annual President's Club sales awards (top sales honors)
20 Year Telecommunications Career
5 years Operations Service Leadership
15 years direct Sales & Sales Leadership serving
Fortune 500 Clients
120-200% of objective attained for 13 years
Earned 11 Annual President's Club awards (top
sales performance)
1995 sole recipient of national award
—"Regional Sales Manager of the Year"
Topic Categories
Sales
Sports, Adventure
Leadership, Management
Presentation Titles
Reaching New Heights - Everest & Beyond -- includes Keys to Success from the
World's Seven Summits. Sue teaches how to achieve overwhelming goals, planning to train
and win, how to cultivate strong partners and resources and how to address setbacks and fear.
Lessons: Reaching Top Performance -- through vision, focus, planning &
preparation, personal relationships, teamwork, and perseverance, your organization can reach
the top in today's competitive sales market.
Audience Testimonials
“Sue’s presentation was an outstanding story where we shared the excitement of her journey to
the summit and learned how this experience relates to our business, specifically in terms of
setting
goals. Sue performed flawlessly and the team was really motivated by this absolutely great
keynote.” -- Business Marketing Officer, Microsoft
“Your presentation was absolutely fantastic…as program chair I have been receiving
compliment after compliment about what a great program I secured.” -- Chief Justice,
Supreme Court WA
In Her Own Words
"Persevere — Achieve unbelievable goals with consistent daily effort over the long haul, while
learning from setbacks and fear. Don't ever give up on yourself or your ability to reach your
goal..."
Susan speaking 