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Susan MacTavish Best
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'''Susan MacTavish Best''' (born November 7, 1973) is the founder & CEO of Living MacTavish<ref></ref>, a lifestyle business, as well as, the founder of Best Public Relations.<ref></ref>
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== Early life and education ==
Susan was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada<ref></ref> on November 7, 1973 to Laurie MacTavish Best and Canadian scientist and politician [[Charles Alexander Best]]. She is the granddaughter of [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]], the co-discoverer of insulin.
She was educated at [[St Leonards School|St. Leonards School]] in St. Andrews, Scotland. Susan graduated with a BA in History from Hamilton College (1995), and she received the Watrous Literary Prize in Poetry. She spent one year at St. Hilda's College, Oxford during which time she was co-Editor of [[The Isis Magazine|The Isis]], the Oxford University Magazine (Trinity 1994).<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Career ==
When she was 24, Susan founded Best Public Relations. She handled the PR of dozens of tech and other clients.<ref></ref> Susan was also an Executive Producer of craigslistTV, the TV series spawned by craigslist. <ref> HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>
In the mid 90's Susan went back to night school to learn how to code and, as a result, started Posthoc, one of the first online guides to San Francisco, which she grew into a local resource managing over 100 volunteer editors and writers.<ref></ref><ref> HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>
Other early jobs included soda jerk during summers in Connecticut at a nuclear submarine shipyard and pickle-packer at Emandal Farm in Mendocino County.<ref></ref>
Susan is on the advisory board of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UC San Francisco. She has been on the advisory board of a handful of start-ups, and mentors many entrepreneurs.<ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
Susan lives in New York, San Francisco and Carmel, California. She is a keen trail runner.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Recognition ==
She has been called "the last salonista" by The San Francisco Chronicle<ref></ref>, "the party whisperer" by Sunset Magazine<ref></ref> and "Martha Stewart meets the Royal Tenenbaums for the digital set" by Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards.<ref></ref>
"She became famous in Silicon Valley for her lavish soirees," wrote The New York Times.<ref></ref> She has gone on to become well known in San Francisco, New York and London for her parties and salons, assembling an eclectic array of influencers in one room, often to discuss a particular topic. "She has a reputation", said The Financial Times, "for bringing together artists, engineers and entrepreneurs."<ref></ref>
The San Francisco Chronicle also named Susan a "lifestyle guru whose parties are the toast of the San Francisco tech set",<ref></ref> while The New Orleans Times called her "Lifestyle expert and entertaining guru Susan MacTavish Best, known the world over for her A-list parties."<ref></ref>
Susan hosts salons around the world on a diverse range of topics. On these occasions, Susan mixes cocktails and guests, and cooks for all present, before switching roles to interview an expert or two about their life and work, which is in turn followed by a live music performance. Guest interviewees have included people such as journalist [[Michael Pollan]], CRISPR scientist [[Jennifer Doudna|Jennifer Doudna,]] Dr. [[Robert Lustig]], actress [[Amber Tamblyn|Amber Tamlyn]], Videre CEO Oren Yakobovich, author [[Tim Ferriss]], ultrarunner [[Dean Karnazes]], producer and cookbook author [[Laurie David]]. [[Ellis Paul]], Marianne Aya Omac and [[Liam Ó Maonlaí|Liam O'Maonlai]] have all performed.<ref></ref> The gatherings tickle all of the senses and give people an opportunity to look each other in the eye to connect, debate, brainstorm and unwind.<ref></ref>
In the autumn of 2013, Susan opened a Living MacTavish pop-up, Living the Lab,<ref></ref> in Soho in NYC. Here, by day, she made her life for sale having set up the space with all of the contents of her San Francisco home.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> By night, when the store closed, Susan hosted private salons, concerts and film screenings to an eclectic Who's Who of New York. As she does in her homes when hosting salons, Susan cooked dinner each evening for 40 guests.<ref></ref>
== External links ==
http://ift.tt/18VreNQ
http://ift.tt/2FU99n4
http://ift.tt/2mPBhCg
http://ift.tt/2FVZ4G9
https://twitter.com/mactavishbest?lang=en
== References ==
__FORCETOC__
== Early life and education ==
Susan was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada<ref></ref> on November 7, 1973 to Laurie MacTavish Best and Canadian scientist and politician [[Charles Alexander Best]]. She is the granddaughter of [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]], the co-discoverer of insulin.
She was educated at [[St Leonards School|St. Leonards School]] in St. Andrews, Scotland. Susan graduated with a BA in History from Hamilton College (1995), and she received the Watrous Literary Prize in Poetry. She spent one year at St. Hilda's College, Oxford during which time she was co-Editor of [[The Isis Magazine|The Isis]], the Oxford University Magazine (Trinity 1994).<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Career ==
When she was 24, Susan founded Best Public Relations. She handled the PR of dozens of tech and other clients.<ref></ref> Susan was also an Executive Producer of craigslistTV, the TV series spawned by craigslist. <ref> HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>
In the mid 90's Susan went back to night school to learn how to code and, as a result, started Posthoc, one of the first online guides to San Francisco, which she grew into a local resource managing over 100 volunteer editors and writers.<ref></ref><ref> HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>
Other early jobs included soda jerk during summers in Connecticut at a nuclear submarine shipyard and pickle-packer at Emandal Farm in Mendocino County.<ref></ref>
Susan is on the advisory board of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UC San Francisco. She has been on the advisory board of a handful of start-ups, and mentors many entrepreneurs.<ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
Susan lives in New York, San Francisco and Carmel, California. She is a keen trail runner.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Recognition ==
She has been called "the last salonista" by The San Francisco Chronicle<ref></ref>, "the party whisperer" by Sunset Magazine<ref></ref> and "Martha Stewart meets the Royal Tenenbaums for the digital set" by Tiffany Shlain, founder of the Webby Awards.<ref></ref>
"She became famous in Silicon Valley for her lavish soirees," wrote The New York Times.<ref></ref> She has gone on to become well known in San Francisco, New York and London for her parties and salons, assembling an eclectic array of influencers in one room, often to discuss a particular topic. "She has a reputation", said The Financial Times, "for bringing together artists, engineers and entrepreneurs."<ref></ref>
The San Francisco Chronicle also named Susan a "lifestyle guru whose parties are the toast of the San Francisco tech set",<ref></ref> while The New Orleans Times called her "Lifestyle expert and entertaining guru Susan MacTavish Best, known the world over for her A-list parties."<ref></ref>
Susan hosts salons around the world on a diverse range of topics. On these occasions, Susan mixes cocktails and guests, and cooks for all present, before switching roles to interview an expert or two about their life and work, which is in turn followed by a live music performance. Guest interviewees have included people such as journalist [[Michael Pollan]], CRISPR scientist [[Jennifer Doudna|Jennifer Doudna,]] Dr. [[Robert Lustig]], actress [[Amber Tamblyn|Amber Tamlyn]], Videre CEO Oren Yakobovich, author [[Tim Ferriss]], ultrarunner [[Dean Karnazes]], producer and cookbook author [[Laurie David]]. [[Ellis Paul]], Marianne Aya Omac and [[Liam Ó Maonlaí|Liam O'Maonlai]] have all performed.<ref></ref> The gatherings tickle all of the senses and give people an opportunity to look each other in the eye to connect, debate, brainstorm and unwind.<ref></ref>
In the autumn of 2013, Susan opened a Living MacTavish pop-up, Living the Lab,<ref></ref> in Soho in NYC. Here, by day, she made her life for sale having set up the space with all of the contents of her San Francisco home.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> By night, when the store closed, Susan hosted private salons, concerts and film screenings to an eclectic Who's Who of New York. As she does in her homes when hosting salons, Susan cooked dinner each evening for 40 guests.<ref></ref>
== External links ==
http://ift.tt/18VreNQ
http://ift.tt/2FU99n4
http://ift.tt/2mPBhCg
http://ift.tt/2FVZ4G9
https://twitter.com/mactavishbest?lang=en
== References ==
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