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Susan Bearden
U.S. Department of Education Senior Education Pioneer Fellow
Washington, D.C.
As a Senior Education Pioneer Fellow, Susan’s serves as the U.S. Department of Education's liaison for broadband connectivity initiatives and digital citizenship. Susan also supports OET’s social media. Prior to joining the ED, Susan served as a K-12 technology director Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, FL, where she facilitated best practices in IT operations and education technology implementations. Awards include being named to the Center for Digital Education’s 2015 list of “Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers,” the 2015 “Making it Happen” award from the Florida Society of Technology in Education, and the 2014 Bammy Award for School Technologist of the Year. She also co-founded and co-moderates the popular #edtechchat Twitter chat and is a passionate advocate for digital citizenship education.