Billie K. Dragoo

Director

RepuCare Inc. / RepuStaff LLC

Indianapolis, IN

Billie K. Dragoo, President/CEO of RepuCare and RepuStaff, is a lifelong Indiana resident. An entrepreneurial executive with 22 years in the medical staffing industry, Ms. Dragoo founded RepuCare in 1995.  RepuCare provides supplemental staffing of medical professionals to leading hospitals and clinics in central Indiana in order to provide companies a cost-effective solution for balancing cost containment with quality care. 

In 1999, direct worksite occupational health services were offered to expand its business to employers. These services address the critical problem that all employers are facing today: increased healthcare costs, rising insurance premiums and costly injuries that are impacting productivity and profits.  RepuCare’s client list of large central Indiana employers includes the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Airport, where the company operates on-site clinic at the new airport construction site. 

Ms. Dragoo has been the recipient of several business awards including 2003 Blue Chip Community Business Award for Entrepreneurial Business Excellence, and the award for Outstanding Small Business 2006 from the Historically Underutilized Small Business Coordinators organization. In 2007, Ms. Dragoo was the recipient of the Starkey Entrepreneurial Women’s Award.  In 2008, Ms. Dragoo was the recipient of the 2008 Torchbearer Award for Entrepreneurial Advocacy

As Past President and current board member of the Indianapolis Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and as Chairman for the Indiana Business Women Owner’s PAC (IWBO) Political Action Committee, she is a leader in promoting women’s business, social and diversity causes and initiatives.  She was appointed by Mayor Bart Peterson to the Indianapolis Private Industry Council (IPIC) board and to Purdue’s Office Supplier Diversity Development Council. 

Ms. Dragoo is active in a number of philanthropic organizations.  She is a board member and active supporter of the St. Mary’s Child Center, a non-for-profit education center that is focused on helping young children who are at great risk for a wide range of social, emotional, economic and environmental problems.  Ms. Dragoo is a board member of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana, a special interest fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.  The Women’s Fund awards grants to programs that give opportunities, encouragement, knowledge and hope to women and girls in central Indiana.