Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) President and CEO Sherri Ziller was recently honored as one of Indiana’s 250 most influential leaders. The Indiana 250 list is published annually by IBJ Media and consists of the state’s most influential and impactful business and community leaders, representing public and private companies, law firms, universities, not-for-profits, government and community organizations.
“I’m very grateful to be one of this year’s honorees,” Ziller said. “The RDA is working hard to connect Hoosiers to high-paying jobs in Chicago, attract new residents to the state and create jobs throughout The Region. This is a wonderful opportunity to spread the message about what we are doing and all of the great things that are in store for Northwest Indiana.”
About two-thirds of the people on the 2023 list were also on the inaugural Indiana 250. They include CEOs of some of the state’s largest public and private companies, including Gail Boudreaux of Elevance Health, David Ricks of Eli Lilly and Co., Tom Salmon of Berry Global, Jeff Simmons of Elanco Animal Health, Kimberly Ryan of Hillenbrand, and Jennifer Rumsey of Cummins Inc.
“Our 2023 Indiana 250 list is chock full of private- and public-sector leaders who are making big impacts in their communities, in our state and even in our nation,” said IBJ Media CEO Nate Feltman. “We chose these leaders because they are doing inspiring work, and we want to share their stories so others can be inspired, too.”
IBJ Media launched the Indiana 250 program last year, with plans to update it annually. Feltman said developing this year’s list was even more difficult than putting together the inaugural Indiana 250 last year.
“There are so many talented, generous people in the state who are making a difference that narrowing the list to 250 is hard,” Feltman said. “But we think that makes it special. We truly believe the people on this list are worthy of the honor.”
Other new honorees this year included Mark Millett, CEO of Steel Dynamics, Chuck Magro, CEO of Corteva, Amy Romain Barron, CEO of United Cos., and Tom Kelley, president and chairman of Kelley Automotive Group.
