Susan Gentz is an experienced policy specialist who worked on education policy as a former staffer in the Iowa House of Representatives, the United States Senate, a policy manager for iNACOL (now the Aurora Institute), and the Deputy Executive Director for the Center for Digital Education. She now spends her time as an education policy whisperer for anyone who has interpretation needs. She is a proud Iowan who is happy to explain the difference between field corn and sweet corn, but please do not ask her about potatoes.