Dr. Susan Wyatt Sedwick is associate vice president for research and director of the Office of Sponsored Projects at The University of Texas at Austin, where she is responsible for both pre- and post-award financial administration units with oversight of about $500 million in annual sponsored projects awards and serves as the institution's empowered official for export controls. She is also a clinical professor in the Department of Educational Administration for the Higher Education Administration Program. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Research Administrator (CRA). She is a frequent speaker on the topic of export controls as they apply to universities. She authored the chapter on export controls included in the NCURA/AIS publication, Sponsored Research Administration: A Guide to Effective Strategies and Recommended Practices.

Dr. Sedwick is chair of Phase V of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) and has served on the Strategic Planning Committee and as co-chair of the Membership Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) and the Contracts and Intellectual Property Committee. She has served on the nominating committee, Research Compliance and Administration Committee and is chair of the export controls working group. She is an at-large representative to the Board of Directors of the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) and served as the chair of the Professional Development Committee in 2006 and has presented and served as a workshop faculty member and presenter at both regional and national meetings. She was a member of the faculty for the NCURA Export Controls, Embargoes and Sanctions Seminar and took an active role in developing that curriculum. She has served as Region V representative to the national NCURA membership and professional development committees and as the Workshop Chair and faculty for the Region V meeting. She is a graduate of Leadership Texas and a trustee for the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation.