Biography
Pamela Carter serves as chair of the board of Enbridge Inc., board member and audit chair of Broadridge Financial Services, board member and HR and compensation chair at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and chair of the Nashville Symphony.
Carter served as the attorney general for the State of Indiana from 1993 to 1997 and was the first African American woman to be elected state attorney general in the U.S.
During her tenure, she worked hard to represent the citizens, winning more cases in the U.S. Supreme Court than any other attorney general in the country. She also argued and won a federal appeals court case to protect Indiana’s Rape Shield Law.
Prior to serving Indiana as attorney general, she served as deputy chief of staff andexecutive assistant for health policy and human services for former Indiana Governor Evan Bayh.
After leaving public office, Carter became the vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary for Cummins Inc., where she worked to resolve the diesel emissions federal lawsuit against engine manufacturers. She moved to the business side of the company as vice president, general manager of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region of Cummins headquartered in Belgium. She returned to the U.S. and became vice president and president of Cummins Filtration in 2005 and was the president of Cummins Distribution business from 2008 to 2015.
Carter has earned many awards and honors from Indiana University. In 1999, she was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from IU Kokomo. She also holds the McKinney School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award (2015), Bicentennial Medal (2020), and the Distinguished Alumni Service Award (2022). Currently, she serves on the IU McKinney Board of Visitors and was named Outstanding Alumna of the Year in 2004.
Carter holds a A.B. cum laude from the University of Detroit-Mercy, an MSW from the University of Michigan, and a J.D. from IU’s McKinney School of Law. She also completed the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Public Administration Program for Senior Executives.