Susanna Cooper
Executive Director, Wheelhouse. Working at the intersections of leadership development, education policy, research, philanthropy and strategic communications.
Wheelhouse strengthens leadership and practice in the California Community Colleges, the nation's largest system of higher education. The strength of that leadership is essential to the success of the California economy and to the state’s culture of broad opportunity for a diverse population. We accomplish our mission in two ways: Leadership and Network Development: Our institutes deliver professional and peer learning for annual cohorts of sitting and aspiring district chancellors, superintendent/presidents and college presidents. We focus on leading for equity and institutional transfomation, performance analytics, individual and organizational agility, and research and policy know-how. Actionable research: We bring research to practice by disseminating timely, digestible, independent briefs to decision-maker audiences at the national, state, regional and local levels -- with particular focus on issues that matter in California.
