Biography
Susan has been designing and building software for 40 years. For the last 33 years she has worked for Yale University exploring and piloting numerous emerging technologies and facilitating their transfer to wide use within ITS at Yale. In the last 3-5 years Susan has become a strong voice for community source and cross-institution collaborative development within Yale's IT organization.
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Susan is a devoted grandmother, cyclist, kayaker, ballroom dancer, budding guitarist and long time peace activist. She has served for many years on local nonprofit boards and especially enjoys working to bring groups to consensus.
Platform Statement
Jasig's strength is its strong developer community and meritocracy based governance. In the face of the current financial strain on schools and universities, I see an opportunity for Jasig as provider of open source solutions as well a challenge in finding sufficient resources to meet our desired milestones. Expanding membership is a crucial requirement for the organization to be sustainable - and a difficult task in the current environment. Board members can help strengthen Jasig by bringing in new members and working to ensure that the organization provides good value to all members.
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