Directors
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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 and is currently on the Board of the Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented MCGT.
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Susan is a registered architect, 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 advocating for a 6th grade algebra class, introducing and developing competitive math and robotics programs for Edina’s middle schools and high school. She has coached FIRST LEGO League, FIRST (FRC) high school robotics and MN Junior High Math League. Susan recently stepped down as the Grant Chair for the Edina Education Fund Innovation Teaching Grants. She has a daughter who recently graduated from MIT, a son at the U of M Carlson School and a son attending Edina High School.
Karl M. Bunday 
Karl has a B.A. in Chinese from the University of Minnesota and J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. He lived in Taiwan from 1982 through 1985 and from 1998 through 2001, becoming aware of the great differences in K-12 education between the United States and other countries. In recent years he has been a board member of state homeschooling and gifted education organizations in Minnesota and he is currently president of the Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented. He is also a math team coach, and coached team members to state championships in American Mathematics Competition contests. His current research topics include math education, education of gifted students, and selective college admissions. He is the father of four children ages 17 through 6.