Shirley Tang-Audritsh

Shirley Tang-Audritsh is the Director for Supplier Development at Eli Lilly and Company headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.  She has been with Lilly for over 29 years, with the past 21 years in Global Procurement.  In her current role, she actively engages with local and national advocacy groups for supplier development and inclusion, identifies qualified small businesses that meet business needs, and advocates the utilization of these businesses throughout the Lilly supply chain.  She has been proudly serving the small, socially and/or economically disadvantaged business community for the past 13 years.

While in Procurement, she also has had extensive sourcing experience with Phase I-IV Clinical Development and Regulatory, ranging from CRO/ARO services for clinical trials, Clinical Diagnostics services for Biomarkers, ePRO services, to Patient Recruitment and Retention services.  Prior to that, her responsibilities included Intercontinental Regulatory Affairs, Software/Medical Quality Assurance as well as ISO9000 Quality System Implementation.

Externally, she serves on the Board of Directors for The Alliance for Science and leads their “Elevate” program which helps increase corporate readiness for small/diverse businesses.    She also serves on the Board of Directors for Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Business Council.  Shirley led the industry group Helix Supplier Diversity Forum in 2020 and 2021.  She won numerous awards in the past such as the Diversity Alliance for Science “Star of the Year“ in 2024, The Indianapolis Choice” by National Association of Women Business Owners Indiana Chapter in 2022, “Supplier Diversity Leader of the Year” by Diversity Alliance for Science in 2017 and 2022, and “Corporate Champion of the Year” by Great Lakes Women Business Council in 2022.  Under her leadership, Lilly Supplier Diversity Program also won numerous awards the past several years.  It was ranked No.6 on “Top Companies for Supplier Diversity” by DiversityInc Top 50 out of more than 1800 participating corporations in 2023.  Lilly was ranked #5 on DiversityInc Top 50 list in 2023 for overall performance.

Shirley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Information Science.