Carla Wade is the Senior Director of External Relations at CoSN working with policy and advocacy, partnerships, and professional advancement. Prior to joining CoSN, Carla served as the Digital Innovations Lead at the Oregon Department of Education. She also served as a technical advisor to the US Department of Education on digital learning, evaluation, data collection and analysis and EdFact reporting. Carla has been an active member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) serving on the Board of Directors 2006-08 and currently serves on the SETDA Board of Directors as the Emeritus Board member. 
Carla has been an intellectual co-author of numerous conferences and summits including; the State Educational Technology Directors Association’s (SETDA) National Leadership Institutes and Education Forums, US Department of Education meetings on Data and Program Effectiveness, the international Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Leadership Institutes, the Oregon e-Learning Summit, the Oregon Ed Tech Professional Development Cadre, and various Federal Program regional and national meetings.  Most recently, she served on the Technical Working Group for the development of the new US National Educational Technology Plan.