Email: Region2Director@acbl.org
From: Tiverton, RI
Board Committees: Bridge/ED Initiatives, Communications Committee
Bridge Experience: Joined the ACBL in 1986 and played one of her first duplicate games in the 0-5 event at the Toronto NABC. Having caught the bug, she could be found at every local regional and most NABCs until giving up competitive play in 1998 to become a mom and a Tournament Director. Member of both the Goodwill and Charity Committees and received the Goodwill Award at the Providence NABC in 2022. Owning and managing the Viking Bridge Club, teaching and innovating is now her fulltime job – not to mention being New England’s Fairy GOLDmother.
Volunteer Service: Dedicated to helping the bridge community thrive since the early 1990s. Served on the Rhode Island Bridge Association board as Publicity Chair, President and now Treasurer. For more than fifteen years, she’s been focused on growing and nurturing District 25’s new and emerging players. She serves as the I/N Coordinator, Marketing/Communications Chair, GNT C Coordinator and is completing her term as District President. She also served on the Advisory Council and its Teacher and Club Committee.
Community Service: Susan also has a long record of community service. For almost a decade she served on the board of All Saints Academy and as its Finance Director. She also served on the Financial Council and as a Trustee of St. Christopher Church. She shepherded both places through times of financial peril and left them with bright, sustainable futures. She’s also a passionate volunteer and fundraiser for GiftsToGive and the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.
Career/professional Activities: Began her career in the government tech world. She was one of the first people certified by the Department of the Navy as an ADP Security Analyst and spent several years doing risk and threat analysis and contingency planning. She received a special commendation for her work on bringing the Navy’s Supercomputing Plan to life. Not long after, she launched her own company to provide conference and meeting planning services to tech organizations. Although she assumed ownership of the Viking Bridge Club in 1990, it didn’t become her fulltime focus until 2014.
Education: BA, Boston College, MA, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Hobbies: Reading & Book Club, Movies-Movies-Movies, Knitting, Pilates
Family: Married to Greg Klinker who she met at the bridge club. They have a son, Jonathan, who’s closing in on the last of his glitter points. Let’s not forget Welsch Terrier Riggins, who enjoys watching everyone else play bridge.
From: Tiverton, RI
Board Committees: Bridge/ED Initiatives, Communications Committee
Bridge Experience: Joined the ACBL in 1986 and played one of her first duplicate games in the 0-5 event at the Toronto NABC. Having caught the bug, she could be found at every local regional and most NABCs until giving up competitive play in 1998 to become a mom and a Tournament Director. Member of both the Goodwill and Charity Committees and received the Goodwill Award at the Providence NABC in 2022. Owning and managing the Viking Bridge Club, teaching and innovating is now her fulltime job – not to mention being New England’s Fairy GOLDmother.
Volunteer Service: Dedicated to helping the bridge community thrive since the early 1990s. Served on the Rhode Island Bridge Association board as Publicity Chair, President and now Treasurer. For more than fifteen years, she’s been focused on growing and nurturing District 25’s new and emerging players. She serves as the I/N Coordinator, Marketing/Communications Chair, GNT C Coordinator and is completing her term as District President. She also served on the Advisory Council and its Teacher and Club Committee.
Community Service: Susan also has a long record of community service. For almost a decade she served on the board of All Saints Academy and as its Finance Director. She also served on the Financial Council and as a Trustee of St. Christopher Church. She shepherded both places through times of financial peril and left them with bright, sustainable futures. She’s also a passionate volunteer and fundraiser for GiftsToGive and the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.
Career/professional Activities: Began her career in the government tech world. She was one of the first people certified by the Department of the Navy as an ADP Security Analyst and spent several years doing risk and threat analysis and contingency planning. She received a special commendation for her work on bringing the Navy’s Supercomputing Plan to life. Not long after, she launched her own company to provide conference and meeting planning services to tech organizations. Although she assumed ownership of the Viking Bridge Club in 1990, it didn’t become her fulltime focus until 2014.
Education: BA, Boston College, MA, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Hobbies: Reading & Book Club, Movies-Movies-Movies, Knitting, Pilates
Family: Married to Greg Klinker who she met at the bridge club. They have a son, Jonathan, who’s closing in on the last of his glitter points. Let’s not forget Welsch Terrier Riggins, who enjoys watching everyone else play bridge.
