Sue Burr served as the Executive Director of the California State Board of Education and as the Education Policy Advisor to Governor Brown from 2011 to 2012. She served as the Executive Director of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) from 2006 to 2011 and was the Association’s Governmental Relations Director from 2003 to 2006.

Burr was the Assistant Superintendent for Business Services with the Elk Grove Unified School District from 2000 to 2003. She served as the Undersecretary of Education under Governor Gray Davis from 1999 to 2000, also serving as Interim Secretary in 2000. Burr was the co-director of the California State University Institute for Education Reform from 1995 to 1999, a principal consultant for the California Senate Education Committee from 1991 to 1994, and a principal consultant for the California Senate Appropriations Committee from 1986 to 1991. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from California State University, Sacramento.