Susan Patrick is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aurora Institute and co-founder of CompetencyWorks. Patrick is committed to leading systems change, drawing from practice to inform policy, toward high-quality, personalized, student-centered learning.  She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior, Patrick worked for Governor Hull in Arizona as legislative liaison on technology policy issues. She was a Site Director for Old Dominion University’s TELETECHNET distance learning program.