ERIE – Amy Bridger, former director of research and business development at Penn State Behrend, has been named senior director of corporate strategy and external relations for the college, where she has worked since 2011. She will advance the college’s open-lab model of learning by developing strategies, programs and policies for how external organizations – including companies and community groups – engage with the college on activities related to teaching, research and outreach.
Bridger was instrumental in bringing the SKF Innovation Center to Knowledge Park. She has coordinated work on both the Innovation Commons, an entrepreneurial lab at the college, and the $16.5 million Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center, which will open in July. Before joining Penn State Behrend, she managed IT field support for the Eastman Kodak Company and coordinated technology development and commercialization for the eBizITPA team, including the C41 project involving radar surveillance on Lake Erie.
