Susan Traiman (Washington, D.C.) is director of education and workforce policy at the Business Roundtable. She oversees activities for chief executive officers of leading corporations interested in improving education performance and workforce competitiveness in the U.S. Previously, Traiman was education policies studies director at the National Governors Association, where she coordinated assistance to governors in developing and implementing systemic education reform strategies. She was a senior associate with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement and served on the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education.