STAFF SPOTLIGHT: ROBIN PENNY

Robin is the executive assistant to the president and CEO of ISMHS. Her responsibilities include administrative duties related to the ISMHS board of directors, as well as administrative support to the president and CEO.

Do you come from a small or big family? How big or small?

I have a pretty crazy family that would take too much space to explain. Basically, I’m an only child and I have four stepsisters and three stepbrothers.

What’s your favorite song?

I don’t have favorites of anything. I love everything from heavy metal to folk to pop to classical to hymns to rock. I will always stop on a station when they are playing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. My husband and I recently went to the Guns N’ Roses concert and The Stadium Tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Poison, Motley Crue and Def Leppard. Stellar shows.

How do you spend your free time?

I play way too much Scrabble Go on my phone. I spend quite a bit of time with Girl Scouts as the treasurer and in leadership with the Westside Indy Service Unit and as a troop leader and cookie mom for Troop 128 (a group of eight freshman scouts we’ve been working with since they were kindergartners).

Are you a morning or a night person?

Night owl all the way.

What is your favorite holiday and why?

Halloween. I love the spooky season. We have over 650 trick-or-treaters on Halloween.

What do you value most in a friend or partner?

Honesty and humor.

What is your biggest fear –rational or irrational?

The dentist and confined spaces.

Best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten or given?

I have two, both from a former CEO I worked for. 1 - Sometimes it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission. 2 – Working in the president’s office, you’ll find that everything is a “front-burner” item, but not everything will fit on the front burners.