Stacie Porter Bilger
Director of University Relations

Stacie Porter Bilger brings the Indiana Venture Center a strong skill set for cultivating solid Hoosier Fellowship and internship programs and developing enduring relationships with our university partners and other universities across the state of Indiana . Over the years, Bilger has been influential in many education policies and initiatives throughout the State of Indiana . For her extraordinary efforts in education, Bilger has been recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal for Who’s Who in Education. She also resided on several committees, task forces, and boards, such as Indianapolis Private Industry Council Board, Independent Residential Living Development Corporation Board, SMART Partnership Executive Committee, Bridges to Success Council, Science Bound Executive Committee, Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School Board, IPS Yellow Ribbon Task Force, and Group for Renewal Accountability and Development of Excellence in Schools (GRADES).

Bilger’s career prior to the Indiana Venture Center consisted of employment with the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. In her most recent role at the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Bilger was the Director of Education Policy. While in that position, she d eveloped and implemented an internship system to reduce Indiana ’s brain drain – Indiana INTERNnet. She was also responsible for organizing and influencing community leaders and elected officials to arrive at a compromise on a $250 million bond issue to improve Indianapolis Public Schools facilities. Bilger has also advocated and guided others in the creation of charter schools in the Indianapolis Community by serving on boards, recruiting leaders to serve on boards, and fundraising. Bilger was also instrumental in directing the raising of more than $4 million over a four-year period for various education initiatives.

Bilger received her formal education from the Indiana University School of Environmental and Public Affairs. She has also completed a 4-year nationally recognized leadership development program at the Institute for Organizational Management through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.