Susan Hutchison
| Susan Hutchison | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Susan Sylvester March 24, 1954 Fairfield, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Andy Hutchison (m. 1977–present) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parents |
LTG George H. Sylvester, USAF (1927–2015) Elaine Winderling Sylvester |
| Residence | Seattle, Washington |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Profession | philanthropy, Executive Director; journalism, television news |
| Website | wsrp.org |
Susan Sylvester Hutchison (born March 24, 1954) is the Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party, having been elected in August 2013 and re-elected in January 2015. She is a former television news anchor and former political candidate in Seattle, Washington.
Hutchison's 25-year career as a journalist began at KITV news in Honolulu and continued at KIRO-TV news in Seattle, where she received five regional Emmy Awards. In 2013, she was elected as chair of the Washington State Republican Party on August 24.
Born Susan Sylvester at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, Hutchison's father was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. A 1949 West Point graduate, he flew transports, then became a fighter pilot in the mid-1960s and commanded an F-4 squadron in South Vietnam at Da Nang. As a military brat and the second of three children, she was raised in various locations and attended Niceville High School in the panhandle of Florida and transferred in 1970 to Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C. After graduation in 1972, she enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1975.
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