Susan Baritelle moved to Sequim in 2006 with her husband Andy after having spent a decade working in the wine industry in California. In 2008 she opened a children’s store, Dungeness Kids, when her first son Austin was just a year old. In 2013 when her second son Brayden was two she moved her store to its current downtown location. She has volunteered with many organizations in the past 17 years including, Sequim Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts Troop 90, Greywolf PTA, Olympic Peninsula Academy PTO, Choose Local Sequim, Sequim Merchants Group, Sequim Food Bank, Sequim Pre-3, Dungeness Kids Fair, and First Step (for Spanish speakers).
She is a proud annual sponsor of the Toys for Tots organization, and also contributes to many local organizations through her store. Susan said she’s grateful to be able to raise her two boys in this close-knit community, and is honored and humbled to be selected as the grand marshal.