{"id":3972,"date":"2025-06-11T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/?page_id=3972"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:50:45","slug":"fiona-baxter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/fiona-baxter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona M. Baxter, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><hr style=\"background-color: transparent;opacity:1;border-top: 5px solid #cc0000;border-color:#cc0000;margin: 10px 0 10px 0;height:5px;width: 50%\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;font-weight: lighter\">Associate Executive Director, IES: Assistant Director, NCMEP; PI, NC Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:9196000901\">919.600.0901<\/a> <span style=\"color:#cccccc;padding: 0px 8px 0px 8px\">|<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:fiona_baxter@ncsu.edu\">fiona_baxter@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 95%;font-weight: lighter;padding-left: 20px\"><p><div style=\"float: left;padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\/ies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/06\/Fiona-M-Baxter.jpg\" alt=\"Fiona M. Baxter, Ph.D.\" \/><\/div>Fiona Baxter is the associate executive director of NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and the assistant director of the NC Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Dr. Baxter provides leadership in several areas, including the IES Evaluation Center, which conducts performance evaluation, research, planning and assessments for educational and workforce development programs. Since 2016, she has led IES&#8217; Defense Industry Initiatives programs, securing over $12 million in funding from the Department of Defense to support the NC DoD supply chain. In 2021, Fiona led the efforts of more than 20 organizations to secure the DoD Defense Manufacturing Community Designation in smart textiles and materials supporting the Warfighter. Having lived and worked in 17 countries, Dr. Baxter has extensive experience in working with diverse cultures. 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