Susan Brock Williams

2025 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENT

BA '90 Political Science

With over 30 years of experience in government relations, Susan serves as Associate Vice President – State Government Affairs for Eli Lilly and Company. Before that, she served as Director Government Relations for 19 years for her alma mater, Purdue University representing the institution before the Indiana General Assembly and state government. She received a B.A. in Political Science from Purdue University and a J.D. from IU McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.

Susan is active in her community. She has served for over 25 years and twice as President of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Board of Directors and serves on the Nationwide Leadership Council of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. She also serves as the Chair of the Indiana Area Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society and as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Susan is the Mayoral appointee and President of the Indianapolis Economic Development Commission. She represents Lilly on the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, ReThink Coalition Board, and the Heartland Bioworks Governance Committee. She served as a Board Member and Governance Chair for the Washington Township Schools Foundation, was a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series (Class XX), honored as Indianapolis Business Journal’s (IBJ) Forty under 40 recipient in 2005, and recognized as an Influential Woman by the IBJ in 2008. She completed the FBI Citizens Academy in 2015 and served as Chairperson of the Lacy Leadership Association Board of Directors and as Chairperson of the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation Board of Directors