Suzanne minarcine biography

Minarcine is a successful entrepreneur and educator who has facilitated the development of a broad range of businesses throughout the world.
My research interests center around how entrepreneurs use strategic planning to grow their organizations, and motivating factors for entrepreneurship.
Suzanne was born in a small town in North Carolina.

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Meet Suzanne Minarcine | Business Professor, Storyteller, Writer, & Coach

We had the good fortune of connecting with Suzanne Minarcine and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Suzanne, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
As a business professor, I’m embarrassed to say that my flight school was a spontaneous decision with little forethought. I was going through a divorce, and my job as an executive with a managed care company was highly stressful. I was disillusioned with the business and concluded that “managed care” no longer cared about anything besides money. I was earning a six-figure salary, had what should have been a dream job, but I was struggling personally and professionally. What did I really want to do? I already had my convertible. Was this my midlife crisis? I’ve been a licensed pilot since I was 17, and one day I decided to go flying. I called the local flight school to schedule an aircraft, and the owner told me he was closing. I went over to see him and made an offer on the four aircraft.

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Dr. Suzanne Marlowe Minarcine is a wife, mother, grandmother, community leader, musician, nurse, retired airline pilot, strategist, artist, and writer. She is co-founder of two non-profit organizations that are active in 28 countries.

Suzanne has a broad background and is a dynamic speaker who focuses on helping people live authentic lives and achieve their goals. She is a certified coach, leader, and speaker with expertise in women’s issues, leadership development, cultural sensitivity, and business development. Dr. Minarcine is an active writer, and is a John C. Maxwell certified coach, speaker, and leader.

Suzanne’s memoir, Flying By The Seat of My Pants, will be released in 2025.

Coauthoring through Professional Woman Publishing:

The Self-Esteem Guide for Women.
Tapping Into Your Inner Vision.
The Woman’s Book of Empowerment & Confidence – Volume II
The Female Architect: Rebuilding Your Life
The Professional Woman: Business and Communications

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Suzanne was born in a small town in North Carolina. She first tasted entrepreneurship at age 13, when she was asked to audition for an organist position at Cedar Lodge Baptist Church. If she could get paid for playing for church, why not add weddings and funerals?

Life changed dramatically when Suzanne’s father bought an airplane. The Cessna 172 would cut their travel time in half when visiting family, but most importantly, she loved to fly. She thought she had found her destiny as a pilot, but she had to knock down doors and break through many barriers to ultimately get a position in the cockpit. That would take much longer than she ever imagined, but she worked her way through nursing school as a flight instructor. As Vietnam was winding down, airline opportunities only existed for former military pilots.

As a Registered Nurse, Suzanne was in the right place at the right time for opportunity and she was able to retire from health care at age 43. She founded a flight school that grew rapidly and expanded to a second airport in just two years. Soon after, she was a