Internet Policy: The Burden of Democracy and Responsibility of Opportunity

Susan E. Walters is Senior Vice President at the California Emerging Technology Fund, which has the mission of closing the Digital Divide in California. Susan joined the Fund after working as the Regional Director of Community Relations for Citibank for Greater Southern California. Prior to Citibank she operated a consulting practice in corporate social responsibility. The work focused on building strategic partnerships between nonprofit organizations and corporations, strategic planning, communications and marketing. She has worked in myriad areas ranging from telecommunications policy, to disability access projects. Examples of her work include designing a highly successful technology job training program for low income adults and youth, creating a brand strategy for a buy local food campaign and marketing programs to reach emerging markets. Her firm’s clients included: AOL, Verizon, Microsoft, Independent Television Service (ITVS), San Francisco Giants, Freddie Mac Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the FoodRoutes Network. Susan has held senior positions in Communications and Marketing with Odwalla and Pacific Bell.