Allie Lane joined NEI as Director of Stakeholder Development in August 2025. Her primary responsibility is to cultivate and strengthen relationships with business leaders and grow financial support for NEI across the 11-county region.
Allie’s background is in sales and business development; her work experience began in the restaurant and retail industries for about eight years before working eight seasons for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants basketball team (now known as the Noblesville Boom part of the NBA G League, owned & operated by Pacers Sports & Entertainment). She left pro sports for an opportunity to work in fundraising at Purdue Fort Wayne in Athletics – the only Division I college/university in the region.
Allie’s top five strengths in CliftonStrengths are:
- Belief
- Positivity
- Responsibility
- Competition
- Achiever
Did You Know?
- Allie enjoys spending time with her family – she’s been married to her husband Matt for 14 years. They have two kids, Harper & Lincoln.
- Favorite hobbies include spending time at the lake and golfing in the LPGA Amateur Fort Wayne chapter.
- She is a big sports fan, cheering for the Colts, Pacers, Indiana Fever, & Duke.