Meridith Jaeger, Ed.D.

Director, Corporate Relations

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

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About me
Creative leader who gains energy and ideas through active dialogue and collaboration with others.
Education
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  2011 - 2014
  M.S. Educational Leadership
  Research: "The Impact of Faculty Perceptions on Participation in University-Industry Outreach"
- Edgewood College
  2020 - 2025
  Doctor of Education - EdD Higher Education & Leadership Studies
  Activities and Societies: Research: "Experiences of Community College Faculty Who Deliver Contract Training"
- Northern Illinois University
  1992 - 1995
  BA Corporate/Organizational Communication
Experience
- Northern Illinois University Intercollegiate Athletics
  Jul 1995 - Aug 1997
  Director, Corporate Relations
- Marquette University Athletic Department
  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
  Director of Sales
- Gannett Newspapers
  May 2000 - Sept 2001
  Events & Community Relations Manager
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  Aug 2001 - Aug 2014
  Outreach Program Manager
- AeroInnovate
  Nov 2007 - now
  Founder/Advisor
  AeroInnovate helps aeroinnovators from across the globe who are starting and growing aero-related businesses and bringing related new technologies to the marketplace. Our goal is to facilitate the alignment of passionate, successful "investors" and industry leaders with the best aviation-related opportunities in the world to help get deals done. In this way, exciting new aircraft and aviation products and services will be commercialized and new opportunities created in aviation. AeroInnovate does this by bringing innovators together and offering top-notch educational forums, aligning the best companies with investors and industry leaders, exposing technology through technology showcases and connecting aeroinnovators to people and resources. AeroInnovate was conceptualized in 2007 by a small group of diverse people working for and with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Show less
- Wisconsin Family Business Forum
  Sept 2014 - Jul 2018
  Executive Director
  The Wisconsin Family Business Forum fosters healthy family businesses through learning, sharing and creating effective solutions regarding the critical issues and problems confronting family businesses.Created in 1996, the Wisconsin Family Business Forum is a partnership. We are a community that shares values, experiences and commitment to family business. We come together, as partners:business owners, family members, non-family employees, business professionals and academics - to explore the challenges and rewards of family enterprise and to grow in our knowledge, skills and experience. Show less
- UW Oshkosh Business Success Center
  Sept 2016 - Jul 2018
  Interim Director
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
  Jul 2018 - now
  - Chief Advancement Officer & Executive Director NWTC Foundation
    Oct 2024 - now
  - Vice President of College Advancement
    May 2022 - Oct 2024
  - Dean of Corporate Training & Economic Development
    Jul 2018 - May 2022
Licenses & Certifications
- Basic Economic Development Course
  Wisconsin Economic Development Association
  Sept 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Meridith Jaeger, Ed.D.
  Leadership & Collaboration Award of Excellence University Economic Development Association Sep 2014
- Awarded to Meridith Jaeger, Ed.D.
  Oshkosh's Four Under Forty Oshkosh Northwestern 2003
- Awarded to Meridith Jaeger, Ed.D.
  Leadership Oshkosh Graduate Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce May 2002