Susan is the Founder of Women@TheFrontier and helped build the initial DNA of Singularity University (SU) as its Founding Architect. She organized SU's 2008 Founding Conference, helped source 1.5M seed funding, and negotiated a five-year partnership with NASA. Susan spearheaded SU's TED '09 public launch and executed SU's inaugural Graduate Studies and Executive Programs. Today, SU Alumni are in 60+ countries around the world. As a bilingual anthropologist and lawyer, Susan has negotiated diplomatic and international collaboration with Central American Presidents, Ambassadors, U.S. State Officials, and industry CEOs that culminated in the successful vote and passage of the U.S. & Dominican Republic -- Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). Susan's focus is creating strategic alliances and global networks that empower, inspire, and drive positive change. She specializes in raising the voice of women from a whisper to a roar.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)