Sue Chamberlain loves nothing more than walking on trails surrounded by beautiful landscapes, especially the fabulous rocky coast of Maine! Once a South Shore resident, Sue now lives in the Pine Tree State and has worked remotely as Wildlands’ Donor Relations Manager since 2014. In this role, she thoroughly enjoys cultivating lasting relationships with the generous donors who support Wildlands’ mission. She stays in touch throughout the year with phone calls, messages, notes, and Zoom meetings, and she looks forward to her two in-person visits each year, for Leadership Council events in June and October. The rest of the year, though, Sue is unlikely to be pulled away from her two coastal homes-- a winter home in the picturesque lobster port of Stonington, and a two-room summer cabin on Acadia’s Isle Au Haut, overlooking a fjord-like freshwater lake that’s perfect for canoeing and swimming. Her biannual “haul and carry” routine to transition from mainland residence to island and back again is no small task, but she considers the hefty upper body workout a fair price to pay for her idyllic lifestyle. In her free time, Sue enjoys hiking (a lot), photography, reading mysteries aloud to her husband, and - if all goes well this summer - perhaps fly fishing!
A graduate of Tufts University, Sue has been fundraising for 40 years. She got her start as an administrative assistant for a woman who was both the chair of the Berkshire Theatre Festival Board of Trustees and a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Stockbridge, MA. Later, Sue worked on campaigns for a new, expanded Plymouth Public Library and for the Cape Cod Hospital Foundation’s Emergency Center. In 1995, she joined Jordan Hospital (Now BID Plymouth) as the director of development, managing both capital and annual campaigns. From 2001 - 2011, she was the director of donor relations at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. And, most recently, her grant writing and fundraising skills helped to restore the Isle Au Haut Lighthouse, in Maine. In addition to the consulting services she provides for Wildlands Trust, Sue currently volunteers on the Campaign and Development Committees for Island Heritage Trust, a land trust on Deer Isle, Maine.
