Stacy Baier

Dr. Stacy Baier has more than 20 years of experience in foundation development and capacity building, including identifying partnership opportunities and strategic investment goals implementation. As CEO of the nationally recognized Pinellas Education Foundation, Stacy leads all development, program and administrative activities at the Foundation while cultivating a strong working relationship between the business and school communities. Her proven leadership and extensive policy background was most recently utilized at the Florida Philanthropic Network where she served as president and CEO. Prior to that, Stacy was vice president and program director of College and Career Readiness for Helios Education Foundation. She has also served as executive director of the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations. She has held numerous leadership positions at state and national levels, including serving as chair of the Florida Education Foundation Board, chair of FPN’s Education Funders Affinity Group, co-chair of the National Collaborative for Student Success and co-chair of the Grantmakers for Education Annual National Conference.

Stacy received her doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Florida and holds a Master of Education from Harvard University. She is a past president of The Junior League of Tampa. A graduate of Leadership Florida, Class XXXII, Stacy is also a founding board member of the National Schools Foundation Association and author of “From Better to Best: Practical Strategies to Boost Efficiency in Your Education Foundation,” a strategy guide to enhance the effectiveness of education foundations and improve financial return. Most recently, Stacy was recognized for the second time on the Florida Trend 500 Most Influential Leaders in the category of nonprofits/philanthropy.