Starting her career working at a north Dallas CPA office, she was
trained and hired to become the controller for the Harrington
Corporation. Harrington Corporation was the parent company of five
construction companies and two audio visual companies. Susan was the
controller until 1990.
Susan became an entrepreneur in 1990 and opened Ballard Consulting,
Inc. and purchased Harrod Paving Company from the Harrington
Corporation. Ballard Consulting, Inc. is an accounting software
training and consulting company and is still in operation. Harrod
Paving was sold in the early 1990’s.
For over thirty years, Susan has operated numerous
construction businesses with Mike Ballard, her husband. She is
currently the president and a shareholder of XLNT Contracting LLC.
She is a mother of three children and grandmother of seven grandchildren.