Sue Butler serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and in a consultant role for Butler/Till, the company she founded in 1998 with partner Tracy Till. Butler/Till is a media + communications agency that delivers progressive approaches for reaching, engaging and influencing consumers across the myriad of media channels available today.


Butler/Till is based in Rochester, with offices in NYC and SF. With over 130 employees, the firm is 100% employee-owned, a B Corp, and a certified WBE (Women Business Enterprise). Butler/Till has been recognized with many awards including Ad Age’s Best Place to Work in Marketing and Media, B Corp’s Best for the World, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list six times since 2010.


Individually, Sue was honored as a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the New York Region in 2015. As a passionate advocate for employee-ownership, Sue serves on The ESOP Association Board of Directors and on the Ownership Culture Committee.