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Suzanna Elizabeth Etheridge Rawlins was born in Atlanta, GA to Benjamin Douglas Etheridge and Anne Branch Phillips. She is married to Marvin Lee “Jody” Rawlins, Jr. She earned a BA from Auburn University for Pre-Law. Her degree included a double major in Political Science and Philosophy with a triple minor in English, History and Business. Completion of a published thesis enabled her to be distinguished as a graduate of the Auburn Honors Program. Suzanna earned her Masters of Science in Management (MSM) degree with focus on Information Technology (IT) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, she attended the American Institute for Paralegal Studies also in Atlanta, Georgia and earned credentials as Certified Paralegal.

 

Suzanna is currently a Director Consulting Expert with CGI, Inc, with a career spanning almost 34 years. She specializes in Software Development in Telecommunications and Disaster Recovery vertical markets.  Her career highlights include the redesign of the billing systems at BellSouth and AT&T. She led a business analysis team that maintained the work flows for the AT&T websites for Home Solutions and Wireless services. She also led the integral development team for the system of record for the Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery effort. Her team built not only the data applications to support the data system of record, but a chat bot for the Puerto Rican government to leverage when engaging FEMA.

 

Memberships 

  • Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (Founder and Governor General)

  • Order of the Steel Magnolias (Founder and President)

  • National Gavel Society

  • First Families of Georgia 1733-1797

  • Jamestowne Society

  • Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (President)

  • Colonial Dames of America

  • Baronial Order of Magna Charta

  • Hereditary Society of Teachers (Secretary)

  • Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens (Vice President)

  • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

  • Order of the Descendants of El Cid (Governor General)

  • National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

  • Order of Descendants of the Justiciars

  • Order of Alba (President)

  • Delmarva First Families (Vice President)

  • American Ex-Prisoners of War

  • Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars

  • Descendants of Brian Boru (Secretary)

  • Descendants of Colonial Mothers 1607 - July 4, 1776

  • Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Founder and Treasurer)

  • Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900 (Vice President)

  • Descendants of Fossors (Parliamentarian)

  • Descendants of Miners 1607-1907 (Chaplain)

  • Dutch Colonial Society (Chaplain)

  • Flagon and Trencher

  • Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution (Alabama State Governor)

  • Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Secretary)

  • Huguenot Society of America

  • Legion of Vikings and Valkyries (Chaplain)

  • Military Order of the Crusades

  • National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland

  • National Huguenot Society

  • National Order of the Blue and Gray

  • National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century

  • National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century

  • National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars

  • National Society Daughters of the American Colonists

  • National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

  • National Society Descendants of American Farmers

  • National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Registrar)

  • National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (Registrar)

  • National Society Magna Charta Dames

  • National Society of New England Women

  • National Society of Saints and Sinners (Incoming Treasurer)

  • National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

  • National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor

  • National Society of the Descendants of Textile Workers of America, Inc.

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

  • National Society Southern Dames of America (Treasurer)

  • National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Alabama Charter Chapter President)

  • National Society Women Descendants Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co.

  • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

  • Order of Bacon's Rebellion 

  • Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers (Secretary)

  • Order of Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company

  • Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662 (Registrar/Genealogist)

  • Order of First Families of North Carolina

  • Order of First Families of Vermont 1609-1791

  • Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence

  • Order of Monarchs of Rheims

  • Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (President)

  • Order of the First Families of Maryland

  • Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692

  • Order of the House of Wessex

  • Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands (Founding Board, Parliamentarian)

  • Order of the Norman Conquest

  • Order of the Second World War

  • Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192

  • Order of William the Marshal 

  • Plantagenet Society

  • Plymouth Hereditary Society

  • Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva

  • Society of the 1704 Virginia Quit Rents 

  • Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy

  • Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861

  • Sons and Daughters of World War II Veterans

  • The IX 

  • United Daughters of the Confederacy (2nd Vice President General)

  • Winthrop Society (Incoming Registrar)

 

Authorships

Honors Thesis “Constitutionality of Felony Murder” published at Auburn University and available in the library. 

 

Listed In 

International Institute of Business Analysis, Business Analysis Competency Model as a contributor and reviewer.

 

Other

  • Founder and President Birmingham, AL chapter of International Institute of Business Analysis – IIBA (2009).

  • Founder and President of the Birmingham Chapter of the Association of Business Process Management- ABPMP (2010)- served as Secretary on the National Board in 2010-2011.

  • Secretary Founding Board Birmingham Chapter of the Project Management Institute – PMI (1995).

  • Secretary, then President, Board of Directors Make a Wish Foundation of Alabama (1990s)

  • Treasurer for T.E.A.R.S – The Emergency Animal Rescue Society in Birmingham, AL (1990s).

  • She has obtained numerous certifications in her career field including the PMI Project Manager Professional (PMP), IIBA’s Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), PMI’s Certified Agile Practitioner, Certified Agile Product Owner, Scum Master and Release Train Engineer, certifications from IIBA in Cyber Security and Big Data Analytics.

  • She was the recipient of the DAR Good Citizen award and scholarship in 1986 for Atlanta.

  • She was listed in Who’s Who for not only high school students but for college students.

  • She served as President for her sorority at Auburn University – Pi Beta Phi.

  • She was an All Star Swimmer in the state of Georgia during her high school years.

When not doing genealogical research, she enjoys reading, photography, scrapbooking, cross stitch, and spending time with her beloved cats and dogs. 

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