Suzanne Fanning
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin / Wisconsin Cheese
CMO/SVP
Fanning leads communications, brand, advertising, social/digital, PR, events, channel marketing at DFW. Her marketing programs have achieved record-breaking results across the board for consumer engagement and sales for several global brands. Since joining DFW, her team has broken a Guinness World Record, won an ANA Gold Reggie for SXSW and AdWeek named their Cheeselandia community “Influencer Marketing Program of the Year" for their Cheeselandia Ambassador Program. Wisconsin Cheese has gone from #96 to page one of Google and last year they earned $50 million in media mentions. Fanning’s social business strategies have been featured in Advertising Age Magazine, Fast Company, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur and on the cover of PR Week. Forbes identified her as “one of social media’s top movers and shakers,” and Deli Business Magazine recognized her as one of “the best of the best in the industry.” PR News named her 2021 PR Women of the Year in the Changemaker category.