With over 30 years in higher education, Sue has experience in leadership, mentoring, and coaching, facilitation, and strategic planning. She has authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals and given numerous presentations on everything from “The Art of Bartering” to “Goal Setting During Times of Uncertainty.” Her scholarship largely focuses on building community through collaborative partnerships and intentional employee engagement and cultural and skills-based competencies within the context of academic libraries and more broadly higher education. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility frame much her scholarly work. 

Through her leadership roles and engagement with individual staff, teams and professional communities, Sue discovered her passion for coaching and team development and has completed coach training at George Mason University with a Certificate in Leadership Coaching for Organizational Wellbeing. Sue holds a BA in English Literature from Trinity College and an MSLS from the University of North Carolina.