Susan Hildreth currently serves as Executive Director of the Peninsula Library System, Pacific Library Partnership, and Califa and administrator of the NorthNet Library System. Prior to this, she served as City Librarian of San Francisco, State Librarian of California, and City Librarian of the Seattle Public Library. Most recently, she served a four-year term as Director of the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) in Washington D.C. She also serves as an Aspen Fellow in the Communications and Society Program.