Dr. Susan Sharp is the Regional Director of Microbiology, Department of Pathology for Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at Oregon Health and Sciences University.

Dr. Sharp is the President of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and served as Chair of the ASM’s Committee on Laboratory Practices and the Co-Chair of ASM's Cumitech Editorial Board and the Vice-Chair of ASM's American Board of Medical Microbiology.