Susan Scott is senior director of strategic alliances at the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television (UNC-TV) located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Prior to joining UNC-TV she served as a venture mentor and advisor to start-ups and small businesses at the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED). Her responsibilities included providing strategic marketing, distribution, sales and operations direction to new and existing privately owned start-ups throughout NC. She also acted as an advisor to the “Art of Cool” progressive music festival.  Susan’s career includes contract negotiations for sports rights with the NBA and NHL, vertically integrated marketing campaigns with brands like P&G, professional speaking engagements, volunteer leadership of national organizations like “Women in Cable Telecommunications”, recognitions including “Top 100 Women in Leadership” and “Top 100 Minorities in Cable”. Among her colleagues and peers Scott is repeatedly noted for her leadership capabilities, vision and positive impact on the bottom line. Susan is also the nurturer of the nascent Stuart O. Scott foundation – an organization developed to honor her brother and to help cancer fighters live close to normal lives during cancer battles.