Susan Enfield

Executive Director and Former Superintendent, University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL)

Dr. Susan Enfield is the incoming Executive Director for the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington. A former Superintendent for the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada, she also served as the Superintendent for Highline Public Schools in Burien, WA for a decade. During her tenure she led the development of the Highline Promise to know every student by name, strength and need so they graduate prepared for the future they choose.

A former high school English, journalism and ELL teacher, Susan served as Chief Academic Officer and Interim Superintendent for Seattle Public Schools before joining Highline in 2012. She previously held leadership positions in Evergreen Public Schools (Vancouver, WA), Portland Public Schools and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Susan is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and earned master’s degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University. She also holds a doctoral degree in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard’s Urban Superintendents Program.

In 2020 she received the Women in School Leadership Award from AASA, Âܲ·AVÊÓÆµ, and was named the Superintendent of the Year by the National School Foundation Association in 2018 and was the 2022 Washington State Superintendent of the Year.

Susan Enfield