Erin Foster currently serves as a senior specialist supporting the NIET Fellows Program as well as Indiana partner schools. She joined NIET in 2019 and has served the organization in multiple capacities including grant director and regional director, consistently leveraging her passion for influencing positive change for students through meaningful work with educational leaders.

Prior to joining NIET, Erin contributed nearly 20 years to the field of education in a wide range of roles. She began her career as a classroom teacher, and her experiences across suburban Ohio, urban California, and rural Indiana shaped her understanding that every school campus offers its own unique strengths. She progressed through several teacher leadership positions, including TAP Master Teacher in which her firsthand experiences proved the impact of formal teacher leadership within the TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement. Erin then joined the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) as a TAP Regional Coordinator to broaden her impact supporting the TAP System across Indiana. Also while at CELL, she served as Director of Education-Workforce Innovation Network (EWIN) and provided intermediary services for the Comprehensive Counseling Collaborative of Elkhart County (CCCEC) prior to joining NIET.

Erin earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and German studies from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master's degree in educational psychology with a specialization in gifted and talented education from Ball State University.