Prior to launching Hutner Decollonges, Sue founded San Francisco's Hutner Group, recognized for creating award-winning brand experiences for a diverse range of clients. This was her second successful design venture. As a founding partner at Wang Hutner Design, Sue grew the business from a traditional print design studio to an integrated branding firm with full capacity in digital media. Before moving to California, she was a top designer at Boston-based Bronner Slosberg (Digitas) working on national accounts such as American Express, AT&T and Polaroid. Sue began her creative career as an art book designer for Centro d'Italia of Florence, one of Italy's premier publishers. She later moved to Rome, where she produced multilingual marketing collateral for the United Nations.

As a former board member of AIGA, Sue led the country's first Business Outreach division, developing a successful partnership with APPLE. The outcome was the ongoing monthly lecture series "Why Good Design Matters", featuring speakers from DWELL Magazine, IDEO, Design Within Reach, The Haas School of Business and other internationally recognized design industry influencers. Sue is also active in SPUR, San Francisco's Planning and Urban Research Association. In the remaining hours, she swims, hikes and dreams of converting her desk into a working treadmill.