Jennifer Hagan-Dier

Jennifer Hagan-Dier is the Vice President and COO for Manufacturer’s Edge, the NIST MEP Center for the state of Colorado. Hagan-Dier leads strategic initiatives for Manufacturer’s Edge and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the MEP Center. As the lead of ME's Partnerships and Programs, Hagan-Dier launched The Colorado Manufacturing Network in 2022 to map and connect Colorado manufacturers to each other and the ecosystem of support services and resources in the state. Hagan-Dier works with the CEO to support the organization at the local, state, and federal levels including managing partnerships, NIST MEP reporting and relations with Manufacturing USA Institutes. Hagan-Dier is a key advisor on business and financial decisions.

Prior to joining Manufacturer’s Edge in 2020, Hagan-Dier worked as the Director of Outreach and Engagement for the NIST MEP National Network Leadership Team, a team made up of NIST MEP leadership, the MEP Center Leadership Team, and other stakeholders. ln that role, Hagan-Dier worked directly with NIST MEP and MEP Centers to build and expand connections between individual MEP Centers, NIST MEP, and other stakeholders identifying opportunities to leverage Network resources to increase the number of manufacturers served and the economic impacts for all manufacturers served by the fifty-one (51) individual MEP Centers. From 2013-2019, Hagan-Dier led the Tennessee MEP Center (TMEP) as the Director at the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services (UT CIS).
Prior to working with the NIST MEP National Network, Hagan-Dier had extensive experience in economic development, government relations, tax incentives and policy, and environmental law in both the private and public sectors.