Susan Watts
Associate Director, Strategic Transactions
Hermes Team
Susan Watts joined MIT in 2017, and became a Senior Strategic Transactions Officer and Manager of the Hermes Team, previously named the NDA/DUA/MTA team, in 2020. Prior to joining MIT, Susan negotiated and reviewed industry sponsored research agreements at Northeastern University. Before Northeastern, Susan was in private practice, focusing primarily on real estate, small business, and domestic relations law. Susan graduated from Gordon College with a BA in English literature and holds a JD from Suffolk University Law School.