Britt Sutton
INDIANAPOLIS — The American Red Cross recently appointed Britt Sutton as the new executive director for the Central Indiana Chapter, serving the following Indiana counties: Tippecanoe, Clinton, Howard, Tipton, Madison, Hamilton, Boone, Montgomery, Putnam, Hendricks, Henry, Hancock, Rush, Shelby, Johnson and Morgan counties. She will begin her duties on Nov. 18.
“I’m elated to have Britt join our Red Cross team as our Central Indiana executive director,” said Chad Priest, regional CEO of the American Red Cross, Indiana Region. “She brings a wealth of experience in public policy, healthcare law, nonprofit law and advocacy, and will be a strong asset to our mission as we continue building resilient communities.”
After working as an Applied Behavioral Analysis therapist for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sutton focused in healthcare and non-profit law and advocacy while pursuing her juris doctorate. During her academic career, she was the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Legal Fellow at the Riley Child Development Center and the inaugural Michael and Nancie Freeborn Civil and Human Rights Fellow. Her fellowship research and work concentrated in health law and policy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with an emphasis on maternal and child health.
Sutton served as the director of policy for the Indiana Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services where she specialized in administrative law and policy composition for the Indiana Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver programs. Since March 2018, sje served as the associate director of the Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
