Susanne DiPietro has served since 2014 as the Executive Director of the Alaska Judicial Council, the constitutionally established commission responsible for judicial performance evaluation in Alaska. Before coming to the Judicial Council, she worked in the Administrative Office of the Alaska Court System. Ms. DiPietro received her JD from Northwestern University in Chicago and is a Fellow of the National Center for State Courts’ Institute for Court Management. She is the author of a number of reports and articles on criminal and civil litigation. She has served as a consultant to the court systems in Albania and Mongolia.