Sara Heidtmann Coers
- Director-Indianapolis, Center for Real Estate Studies
- Lecturer, Real Estate
Campus: Indianapolis
Biography
Sara Coers is a lecturer in real estate and is the Indianapolis director of the IU Center for Real Estate Studies. Coers leads
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Sara Coers is a lecturer in real estate and is the Indianapolis director of the IU Center for Real Estate Studies. Coers leads the IU real estate program’s efforts on the IU Indianapolis campus. She has 15 years of experience in commercial real estate appraisal, with a specialty in expert witness testimony. Coers most recently served as senior vice president at Pillar Valuation Group, Inc., and before that, was the managing director at Valbridge Property Advisors.
Coers received her MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute in 2009, she holds her certified general real estate appraiser license in Indiana, and she received her master’s in technical and scientific communication from Miami University in Ohio. She was an instructor and program vice chair for the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s Real Property Tax School from 2013-2018, and she was named Instructor of the Year in 2015. Coers has spent time as an adjunct professor at the University of Indianapolis and has worked with real estate classes through the Kelley School since 2015.
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Areas of Expertise
Commercial real estate, valuation
Academic Degrees
- MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, 2009-2022
- Certified General Real Estate Appraiser license in Indiana
- Master of Technical & Scientific Communication, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2003
- Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, English Major, Indiana University, 2000
Professional Experience
- Senior Vice President, Pillar Valuation Group, Inc.
- Managing Director, Valbridge Property Advisors
Awards, Honors & Certificates
- Trustees Teaching Award - 2025
- Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award – 2022, 2024
- Division of Undergraduate Education Epitome Award – 2024
- Undergraduate Student Government Distinguished Advisor of the Year Award – 2024
- Kelley Indianapolis Student Government Advisor of the Year Award – 2024
- IU Indianapolis Athletics Favorite Professor Award – 2023, 2024, 2025
Edited on May 13, 2026
