Anushree Bag
Bag is the executive director for risk and compliance for the State of Indiana.
State Leadership of the Year
Anushree Bag, executive director for risk and compliance for the State of Indiana, is a leader extraordinaire. With her very strong STEM background — she has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering — and extensive background in risk management and compliance, Bag has implemented a high level of maturity and governance in risk, compliance and policy management. Under her leadership, the state’s compliance team is utilizing a formalized GRC framework to manage four regulatory audits of IT risks. Within a very short period of time she has had a profound positive influence on the culture of the team. She also founded a women in technology group focused on lowering the chronic underrepresentation of women in technology.