Anne Bilder
General Counsel
Anne E. Bilder is General Counsel for the University of Northern Iowa, joining the office in January 2024. As UNI’s chief legal officer, Ms. Bilder manages the Office of General Counsel as well serving as a member of President Mark Nook’s Senior Leadership Team and the President’s Cabinet.
Prior to coming to UNI, Ms. Bilder served as Senior University Legal Counsel in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Legal Affairs (OLA). Her principal practice areas included employment law, student affairs, legal issues related to campus programs for children and youth, Title IX, privacy and cybersecurity and diversity issues. Before joining OLA, Ms. Bilder was Senior System Legal Counsel in the Office of General Counsel for the University of Wisconsin System (OGC) where she was an attorney since 1998, and handled a broad range of legal issues affecting System administration and its many comprehensive and associate degree-granting institutions. While at the OGC, Ms. Bilder served as Co-Chair of the UW System President’s Task Force on Sexual Violence and Harassment.
In addition to working as a university attorney, Ms. Bilder has taught courses in privacy law and higher education to law and graduate students.
Ms. Bilder was recently elected to a three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). Ms. Bilder also is the Chairperson of the NACUA Solo & Small General Counsel Office Affinity Group. A long-term active member of NACUA, she has served on many NACUA committees and has given presentations at annual conferences. In addition, she has spoken at other national higher education and law conferences, as well as to a wide variety of statewide and regional audiences on topics, including employment law, Title IX, student privacy, student discipline and diversity.
Ms. Bilder is a graduate of Carleton College and the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was a member of Law Review. She also has a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is admitted to practice law in both Iowa and Wisconsin.