Blair Milo is the founding Director of the Center for Talent and Opportunity, a strategic partnership at the Sagamore Institute, with her work focused on increasing entrepreneurialism, community development, and impact investing. She previously served as Indiana’s first Secretary of Career Connections and Talent, a newly created cabinet position by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Before joining state government, Blair was elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015 as Mayor of her hometown, the City of La Porte, Indiana, also known as the “Hub of Awesome.” Prior to and during her public service, Blair served 13 years as a Surface Warfare Officer with the U.S. Navy serving aboard the USS Mason, Destroyer Squadron 50, and the Surface Warfare Directorate at the Pentagon.

Blair is a volunteer member of the Dean’s Advisory Councils for the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University and the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University; and serves on the board of the Mitch Daniels Leadership Foundation and the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series. She earned degrees in political science and legislative affairs, respectively, from Purdue University and George Washington University and continues her commitment to lifelong learning with The Aspen Institute and Anti-Defamation League, American Enterprise Institute, and Said School of Business at Oxford University. Blair is an avid reader and C.S. Lewis fangirl; endurance athlete, and long-time champion of physical activity and exploring the great outdoors.