Suzanne’s leadership work has focused on building sustainable equity across public educational systems in order to ensure parity of access for all teachers and students. As LDC’s founding Chief Academic Officer, Suzanne set the vision and oversaw the design, delivery, and quality of LDC’s resources, tools, and professional supports. She also worked with the LDC Academic Advisory Board to establish and ensure LDC’s participation in the most current and pressing issues facing the field. Previously, Suzanne ran turnaround partnerships for American Reading Company and worked in both higher education and PK-12 systems.

She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Suzanne sits on the Board of Trustees and the Pepper Council of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s Read by 4th Leadership Council, and the Boards of Scholar’s Promise and The Benjamin and Fredora K. Wolf Memorial Foundation. She is committed to the vision that all means all, and that every student can and should be well served through a commitment to equity.

Suzanne is currently Senior Director, Curriculum & Content Innovation at the National Geographic Society.