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Alecia A. DeCoudreaux was named vice president and general counsel of Lilly USA in December 2005. She had been secretary and deputy general counsel of Eli Lilly and Company since November 1999.
Born in Chicago Illinois she received a bachelor of arts degree in English and political science from Wellesley College in 1976 and a doctor of laws degree from the Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington in 1978.
DeCoudreaux was employed by Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in San Francisco before joining Lilly in 1980 as an attorney. In 1987 she became general counsel for Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc. a former Lilly subsidiary located in Santa Clara California. She was named secretary and general counsel there in 1988. She became director of community relations for Eli Lilly and Company in 1990 director for corporate affairs (state government and community relations) in 1992 and director of government relations (Washington D.C.) in 1993. She was named executive director of Lilly Research Laboratories medical administration in 1994. In 1995 she became executive director of Lilly Research Laboratories research planning and scientific administration and was promoted to vice president law Lilly Research Laboratories in June 1997.
She is a trustee of Wellesley College; a member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana University Foundation and the Board of Visitors of the Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington; chair of the Board of Directors of Indianapolis Downtown Inc.; and is a member of the Capital Improvement Board of Managers (of Marion County Indiana) the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Emeritus Board and the United Way of America Women’s Leadership Council. | 