Terry Stigdon

Terry Stigdon has a career that has spanned nursing to government work and is now the Chief Executive Officer of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. She is a true servant leader. In 2018, Stigdon was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb to lead the Department of Child Services (DCS), where she transformed how the agency functioned and worked with families and children in need. Stigdon knows firsthand the importance of working with a community. During her time at DCS, Indiana saw the number of children in foster care decrease by 50% while federal safety measures improved. Before her appointment to DCS, Stigdon had been a nurse for more than 20 years. She was a nurse leader at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health for almost 20 years. While at Riley Hospital, she was a manager in the Intensive Care Unit. She then served as a manager for the emergency department and lastly as Director for the Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Trauma Program, Car Passenger Safety Program and Inpatient Behavioral Health. Stigdon received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Indianapolis and her MSN in Nursing Leadership and Management from Western Governors University. She has been married to her husband Jay for more than 30 years, and they have three adult children and two grandchildren.