Susan Witter worked in the BC public post-secondary system for over 30 years where she held a number of senior leadership positions. She was appointed President of Douglas College in 1997 and held this position for 15 years. She had the opportunity to provide leadership in the area of program design, human resource planning and organizational and leadership development on a number of international projects in Indonesia, Jordan, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand between 2000 and 2015.

Since retiring from Douglas College, she has worked on assessment teams with the Degree Quality Assessment Board, chaired accreditation teams with the Private Career Training Institution Agency of B.C and chaired appeals for the B.C. Employment and Assistance Tribunal.

Susan enjoys gardening, golfing and her three granddaughters.