Suzanne Hayden, Lady of English Penkelly is an attorney with offices in Canonsburg, PA and Boardman (Youngstown), Ohio. She has been in the Social Security disability field for 29 years and has lectured to lawyers and non-profit organizations on Social Security Disability topics. Ms. Hayden is an associate member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.

Other memberships include the Manorial Society of Great Britain and the St. David’s Society of Pittsburgh, a Welsh heritage society, serving as its 2011 President. She came in 2nd place in the 2011 Welsh Cookie Bake–off. In 2010 she placed 2nd for her tapestry cushion in the “How Welsh are You” competition held jointly by the University of Oklahoma and the National Museum of Wales. A picture of her tapestry appeared on the National Museum of Wales website.

She has served on a number of boards over the years and has volunteered for various charities. Currently she is a volunteer for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) of Beaver County.

Ms. Hayden earned her B.A. degrees from Chatham University and California University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. degree from Capital University. She has studied history at the City of London Polytechnic, London, England, law at the University of Exeter/William and Mary – Marshall Wythe School of Law, Exeter England, French at Laval University, Quebec, Canada, and has taken courses at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH and the University of Wales at Lampeter. She has taken ballroom dancing lessons on and off for four years.

Ms. Hayden is married to Canonsburg attorney James P. Liekar. They are the food editors for Ninnau and Y Drych the Welsh-American newspaper and live in Peters Township along with their daughter Suzanne.