About Susan L. Combs
Susan L. Combs, author and founder of “Pancakes for Roger,” is President of Combs & Company, a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in New York City. Susan started the company at twenty-six years old with a drive to “Do more, better.”
This internal mantra has resulted in numerous successes and firsts, like being named the youngest National President in the over eighty-five-year history of Women in Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS) and the first female Broker of the Year winner for BenefitsPro.
Susan is “a Missouri girl in a New York world,” and it’s the lessons she learned during her Midwestern upbringing and two-plus decades in New York City that is the basis of this book.
The insights contained in these pages come from family, friends, colleagues, and life in general. But the most important teachings are from her late father.
It was his steady guidance in life that set Susan’s foundation and it was his passing that inspired her new movement, Pancakes for Roger.
When Susan’s not running her business or trying to help others through their own challenges, you can find her flipping tires at her beloved CrossFit gym, supporting the Missouri Tigers, KC Chiefs, and Royals, or slaying the dragons that have come her way.
What People Are Saying
“Susan’s foresight and desire to share her father with the world comes from the heart, pulling from everything he stood for as shared with his daughter. Always heartwarming and often funny, Pancakes for Roger is a book that provides a rare glimpse of a true legacy, passing from one generation to another, and shared with love and pride while inspiring readers to view their own life through different glasses.”
— Patricia Griffey, Past National President of NAHU
“If there is anyone who knows how to slay dragons, it's Susan! She exemplifies what it means to be a true servant leader not only in her words but in her actions. By sharing her own life experiences, along with lessons she learned from her father and other mentors, Susan gives you exactly what is needed…a little tough love with a big stack of pancakes. Pancakes for Roger is the perfect book at exactly the right time for anyone looking for no-nonsense ways to achieve anything they want in life.”
— Ande Frazier, Partner of Clocktower Wealth Management & #1 Bestselling Author
“I felt like I was sitting at a coffee house with you and you were telling me stories. I laughed and cried (a lot!). I stopped halfway and thought to myself that I felt honored to read such sacred stories from your life. You shared in a way that leads the reader in without over-sharing. Vulnerable with wisdom. And I loved “the syrup” at the end.”
— Amber Burger, Co-Founder & Director of Communications for His Voice Global.
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