PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Sue graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with degrees in Sociology and Spanish. She worked as a teacher and administrator at Marin Montessori School before taking on the position of Head of School at Childpeace Montessori in Portland, Oregon in 1987. Sue helped to grow the school from 45 to 360 children and retired from that position in July 2020. Sue was a founding member and Chair of Montessori Administrators Association for four years and served a term as President of OMA. She has a certificate in Non-Profit Administration from Concordia College.

Sue is founder and presenter with Lead Montessori workshop in Prague and has been a speaker and presenter for NAMTA, AMI-USA, Montessori Mexico, Montessori Norge, AMS, Oregon Montessori Organization, and Montessori Institute Prague, with a focus in primary classroom and administrative practice. She served on the board and is a trainer for Whole School Leadership. She is also an AMI trainer for the Montessori School LeadershipCourse and Serves on the MSL sub-committee. Current Volunteer work is withAMI on the Global School Accreditation Program. A recipient of Oregon Montessori Association's Outstanding Dedication Award, Sue has been an AMI-USA school consultant at the Primary level since 1985 and also does private consulting and coaching for teachers and leaders.