Susan Landis serves as the Executive Director for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Prior to joining the Association, Susan led Strategic Engagement & Marketing Communications for the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). While at Duke, Susan established and led the DCRI Research Communications & Engagement group and created ResearchTogether™, a model for championing patient engagement at every phase in clinical research trials and studies. With her team, she ushered in a unique method for returning results to trial participants and established the first-ever Engagement Protocol™ model. Susan also served as a team member on commercial-funded interventional and outcome studies and several large government-funded trials.