Stephanie Suber is the Director of Communications and Outreach at RENCI. In addition to serving as a member of the executive leadership team, she develops and oversees comprehensive internal and external communications strategies. She also fosters collaborations with key stakeholders across academia, government, industry, and nonprofit organizations. With over two decades of experience in both educational and technical sectors, her work reflects a passion for creating impactful communications that align with organizational goals and foster meaningful engagement.  

Currently, she also leads user outreach and engagement for two of RENCI’s collaborative efforts in data access and cloud computing – NHLBI’s BioData Catalyst and the NIH RADx Data Hub. Additionally, she serves as the Deputy Director of the NSF South Big Data Hub, a decade-long organization focused on convening community, sparking collaboration, and catalyzing data science innovation across the southern United States.

Before transitioning to scientific communications and outreach, she worked in North Carolina public education for a decade. She served as a high school English teacher and played leadership roles in launching both a 1:1 laptop program at her school and one of the first county-level online learning programs in the state. She holds a Masters of Technical Communication from North Carolina State University and a BS in English from East Carolina University.