Leigh Ann Pusey will join Eli Lilly as senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications, effective June 12, 2017. She will be a member of Lilly’s executive committee reporting directly to president and chief executive officer, David A. Ricks.
Pusey currently serves as president and CEO of the American Insurance Association (AIA), an insurance industry trade association representing more than 300 insurers that provide property and casualty insurance in the United States. In 2012 she was named by National Journal as one of the 25 “Most Influential Women in Washington.”
“Leigh Ann brings a wealth of public affairs leadership experience to Lilly and at a particularly important time for our industry,” said Ricks. “Her ability to convene conversations and drive proactive policy solutions will be critical in our efforts to promote and sustain medical innovation so patients and the health care system benefit from a new era of medicine.”