First woman selected to lead state’s Better Business Bureau

IDS REPORTS

INDIANAPOLIS – Pamela S. Hrubey has been selected as the chairperson for 2010 Board of Directors. Hrubey will be the first Better Business Bureau chairwoman.

Hrubey is the senior director of Global Ethics and Compliance at Eli Lilly and Company. Hrubey will provide ethics and compliance leadership, guidance and expertise to general and administrative functional areas within Lilly. She also serves as Lilly’s Chief Privacy Officer.

Hrubey said in a press release that “in times like these, it is critically important that consumers have an idea of what they are getting into when they commit their hard-earned dollars towards a purchase, regardless of the amount.” Hrubey also said that Eli Lilly and Company was a founding member of the Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana.

Bill Thomes, BBB President and CEO, said Hrubey has a tremendous desire to help the BBB become a stronger organization and provide assistance to businesses and consumers across Central Indiana.

Hrubey said, in the same press release, that “it is therefore especially fitting to have a Lilly leader involved in support of the BBB at a time when the community really needs to be able to rely on and trust its services — just like the community did back when the organization was formed.

“There is a marvelous history that we are continuing with the involvement of excellent board members and a very strong president in Bill Thomas.”

The Better Business Bureau’s main goal is to promote business integrity and ethics, consumer confidence, and to encourage cooperation between businesses and consumers.

The Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana is one of 137 regions in North America that makes up the Council of Better Business Bureaus. More information can be found online at www.bbb.org.