A Healthful Burden: Departing Beach Cities Health District CEO Susan Burden leaves behind vast legacy
Susan Burden, CEO of the Beach Cities Health District, called “the number one leader in Redondo Beach” by RBUSD Superintendent Steven Keller, will step down from her position effective Oct. 31. Photo via Twitter.com/@smburden Last month, at the Beach Cities Health District’s volunteer gardening day, CEO Susan Burden got back to what she does best: getting her hands dirty. Clad in a bright blue shirt, sunglasses, calf-length pedal pushers and a pair of gardening gloves, Burden found a corner of a sunflower bed at Alta Vista Elementary School’s student garden — part of the LiveWell Kids program sponsored by BCHD — and got to work. Bit by bit, the Missouri native took apart the crab grass that had invaded the soil, yanking out handfuls to prep for the upcoming growing season. Unlike most CEOs, Burden wasn’t there for a quick camera opportunity opportunity: that much was evident when she gently sighed at the reporter pushing a camera in her face before her characteristic smile came back to her face. “The farm girl is getting back to her roots,” Burden said, digging her hands back into the dirt. At the end of October, Burden will be stepping down from her post as BCHD’s CEO, leaving a…
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