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Susan H. Hildreth is a librarian, administrator, and educator who has led numerous libraries and library agencies in addition to teaching at the University of Washington Information School.

Career
Hildreth began her career in California began her career at the Edison Township Library in Edison, New Jersey. Moving to California, she worked at the the Yolo County Library, before becoming director of the Benicia Public Library in 1984. She also worked for the Placer County Library and Sacramento Public Library before becoming director of the San Francisco Public Library in 2001. Hildreth served as director of SFPL until 2004, when she was appointed state librarian of California.

In 2009, Hildreth left California to become director of the Seattle Public Library. Her tenure at SPL was shortlived as she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in 2011. She was nominated to the position in 2010, and her appointment was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 2010. She was sworn into office on February 24, 2011 by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

When her tenure at IMLS ended in 2015, she briefly returned to California before becoming the first “professor of practice” at the University of Washington Information School.

Hildreth is currently a fellow at the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries. She has recently served as the interim executive director of the Sonoma County Public Library.

Association service
She served as California Library Association (CLA) president in 2004. Between 2016 and 2018 Hildreth was the Treasurer for the American Library Association.

Awards
Hildreth received the first annual California Library Association Member of the Year award in 1993.

Education
Hildreth graduated cum laude from Syracuse University in 1972. She holds a Master's degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Albany in 1973, as well as a Master's degree in Business Administration from Rutgers University.