Lacy School of Business Ethics Series

Jim Ryan

Old National Bank Chairman and CEO 

Jim Ryan is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Old National Bancorp.  Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Old National Bancorp and Director of Corporate Development and Mortgage Banking. He also served as Integration Executive for our Northern Region, as well as holding the positions of Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer for Old National Bancorp. Mr. Ryan is currently the Chairman of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, Vice Chairman of the Evansville Regional Business Committee, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Southwest Indiana Regional Development Authority. Mr. Ryan is also a member of the Board of Directors for Deaconess Hospital, Inc. and Deaconess Health Systems, Inc., member of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Inc., advisory board member for the Old National Bank Center for Business Excellence at Butler University’s Lacy School of Business, and advisory board member of the University of Evansville’s Schroeder Family School of Business Administration.

Andrew Penca

Cummins Executive Director of Supply Chain, Engine Business

Andrew Penca is the Engine Business Supply Chain Leader at Cummins Inc. Prior to this role, he served as the Executive Director of Battery, Supply Chain, and Customer Support in Cummins’ New Power Business. 

Andrew has held several roles for Cummins around the world in places such as New York, China, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Southeast, and Northeast Asia.  He has also worked on projects that have taken him to several countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He started with Cummins in late 2007 working out of Columbus and Indianapolis. 

His previous roles have included: Executive Director Distribution Business Cummins Asia Pacific, Managing Director of Cummins South Pacific, General Manager of Chongqing Cummins Engine Company, Director of Assembly and Materials Operations at Jamestown Engine Plant and Assistant to the President & Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to Cummins, Andrew worked as a member of the cabinet of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, where he led the Department of Workforce Development for three years. Early in his career, Andrew spent more than six years with Honda where he worked in advanced product planning.  

A graduate of Butler University with a bachelor’s degree in International Business, he also holds an MBA from the University of Southern California. Andrew is married to his wife, Laurie, and has two boys, Andrew and Landon.

Melissa Stapleton Barnes

Eli Lilly and Company Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

Melissa Stapleton Barnes is senior vice president, enterprise risk management, and chief ethics and compliance officer for Eli Lilly and Company. She leads Lilly’s global ethics and compliance function. 

Melissa joined Lilly in 1994 and took her current role in 2013. She has held a variety of business and legal roles including general counsel for Lilly Diabetes and Lilly Oncology. Prior to her current role, she was deputy general counsel, responsible for overseeing all global litigation and investigations as well as managing the corporate secretary’s office and specialty legal functions. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from Purdue University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. In 2016, Purdue University honored Melissa with the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Award, and she currently serves on the Purdue Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Council. The Ethisphere Institute recognized Melissa as an Attorney Who Matters in 2015 and 2016. The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association named her a Rising Star in 2012, and the Indianapolis Business Journal honored her as a Woman of Influence in 2017. In 2018, the Ethics and Compliance Initiative gave Melissa the Carol R. Marshall Award for innovation in corporate ethics. 

She serves on the board of directors for Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, and is the immediate past chair of the Ethics and Business Integrity Committee of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations. Locally, Melissa volunteers as chair of the board of The Center for the Performing Arts and serves as a board member for the Great American Songbook Foundation. Nationally, she is a member of the Ethics Research Council’s board of directors, the Corporate Ethics Leadership Council and the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association. Melissa is a fellow with the Ethics and Compliance Initiative. 

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