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 civic leadership. 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.” Before 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 of the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. Blair serves on the board of the Mitch Daniels Leadership Foundation and the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series; as well as the Dean’s Advisory Councils at the Purdue School of Liberal Arts and the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University. She earned degrees in political science and legislative affairs, respectively, from Purdue University and George Washington University. She is a graduate of the Civil Society Fellowship through the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and the American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network. She continues her commitment to lifelong learning as a Public Life Fellow through the Center for Christianity and Public Life. Blair is an avid reader and C.S. Lewis fangirl; endurance athlete, and long-time champion of physical activity and exploring the great outdoors.