Susan Yvette Price, as Interim Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, is chief executive officer of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education in Montgomery. Ms. Price has been employed with the Department of Postsecondary Education as Vice Chancellor for Instructional and Student Services since 2004. This division provides technical assistance to the system in the areas of program development, staff development, and student support services; additionally, the division’s staff serves as liaison with external agencies for academic services, occupational and economic development training, and student activities.

From 2007-2011, Ms. Price was responsible for the Adult Education and General Educational Development (GED) Testing Section.  She directed all efforts related to providing grants and services to 27 adult education programs and 55 Official GED Test Centers.  

She came to the Department from the Washington State Department of Revenue, where she served as Assistant Director, Appeals Division, from July 1997-July 2004. In that capacity, she headed a division of 17 administrative law judges and five administrative staff persons responsible for adjudicating tax appeals brought against the Department of Revenue, and for developing sound tax policy for the State of Washington. 

Prior to joining the Department of Revenue, Ms. Price served as its legal counsel for five years (as Assistant Attorney General) and defended the agency before both administrative boards and the Washington courts.  After a federal judicial clerkship in Montgomery with the Honorable Joel F. Dubina, Ms. Price began her legal career as a member of the litigation department of a national law firm headquartered in Seattle.  Before attending law school, she briefly taught English Literature and creative writing.  

Ms. Price received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature/Creative Writing from Princeton University and her law degree from the University of Virginia.