Staff & Board of Directors

Susan Schilling
Chief Executive Officer
sschilling@newtechfoundation.org

Prior to joining New Technology FoundationT , Susan Schilling was General Manager for Lucas Learning Ltd., a multimedia educational company formed by George Lucas. Working under George Lucas' creative direction, she was responsible for hiring and directing the creative teams that produced and marketed entertaining software, founded on educational principles to homes.

Susan has a rich history in the development of educational product. Prior to joining Lucas Learning Ltd., Susan was Senior Vice President and Creative Director for MECC, one of the first and premier developers and publishers of educational software for schools.

For 10 years, Susan has worked alongside two foundations in the Minneapolis area that focus on raising up the next generation of leaders from the inner city. Both of these foundations have strong technology components to their neighborhood outreach. The Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation, which she co-chaired, is providing athletic as well as academic skills to young people though their recently inaugurated Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center and creating a qualified work force that will be able to fill the job opening being creating in the Opportunity Zone - an area zoned light industrial into which the Foundation recruits qualified businesses.

Susan holds a Master's degree in German from Middlebury College, Vermont, and Studio Art and German degrees from St. Olaf College in Minnesota.