In this engaging and personal keynote, APA President Sue Schwartz, FAICP, shares life lessons from a 40+ year planning career on navigating changes, disruptions, and just “life stuff.” Sue Schwartz, FAICP, currently serves as APA President and is Planning Director for the City of Greensboro, North Carolina. Her 40+ years in the planning profession includes a focus on neighborhood revitalization and corridor reinvestment. Several of her projects have earned state and national awards. Since 2006, she has been a faculty/consultant for NeighborWorks America and is an adjunct faculty in the Public Administration Program at UNC Greensboro. She is also an accomplished TED Talk speaker, including her November 2022 talk, “What if… we had enough places to call home?” When not working on planning initiatives, Schwartz enjoys her passion for baseball, particularly rooting for the Philadelphia Phillies, and serves on her local youth baseball league board of directors.