Susan Bergman has been the AVID State Director for thirteen years and prior to that was the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Mount Vernon (WA) School District where she also served as AVID District Director, and managed several Entitlement grants. In her current role, she has collaborated with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure that districts using Entitlement dollars for AVID are in compliance with Federal guidelines. She is a graduate of the University of Washington Danforth Educational Leadership Program and holds a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University.

Denise has worked in Title I Schools and the federal programs including GEAR UP. She currently works with high-poverty rural and urban schools to increase the number of students who are career and college ready. Denise graduated from LeMoyne College in Memphis, TN. She received her Master's and Ed.S in Leadership and Administration from Union University and currently completing her doctoral studies at Northcentral University.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, Todd Setterlund completed graduate work in secondary English at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, earning a Master’s degree in teaching. He moved to Philadelphia, PA and taught high school English for the School District of Philadelphia. While there, he was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education’s Aspiring Principals program. He completed his administrative credentials and was hired as a high school assistant principal. After working in Philadelphia for a number of years, Todd returned home to Washington State, where he worked as an assistant principal, and later as the principal, at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, WA. He now serves as the Executive Director of Learning and Communications for the Burlington-Edison School District. Todd has presented at conferences and events across the country including the National ESEA Conference, the Penn Graduate School of Education Alumni workshop, NCCEP GEAR UP national conferences and the AVID National Conference. Follow Todd on Twitter at @b_esdSetterlund.