Advisory Board

Patty Carney-Bradley
Patty brings both academic and real world experience to the area of developing children. She has over 34 years of teaching experience, 25 of those with adolescents. She holds a B.S from the University of Minnesota as well as Licenses in Gifted Education and Parent Education.  Patty is the mother of two gifted children. She recently retired from working with Gifted and Talented students for the Edina Public Schools , past member on the Board of the Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented MCGT, and currently working on a soon-to-be published curriculum based on her 13 years experience of teaching Girl’s Academy, a program to empower adolescent girls.

Susan Lee
Susan is currently a registered architect with a Minneapolis design firm. She is the parent of 3 gifted children and has been active in gifted education since 1994. She has served on the Edina District Gifted Advisory Council and was instrumental in the creation of a 6th grade algebra option using talent search score data and introduced competitive math and robotics programs to Edina middle schools and high school. She is a former coach of students in FIRST LEGO League (FLL), FIRST high school robotics (FRC), MN Junior High Math League and the Twin Cities Regional Science Fair. Susan was previously Grant Chair for the Edina Education Fund Innovation Teaching Grants program. She has a daughter who is attending graduate school at UCLA, a son at the U of M Carlson School and a son attending the University of Michigan.