OnBoard Announces Its 2016 Executive Leadership Honor Roll

ATLANTA– OnBoard, the leading authority on women in the boardroom and executive suites of Georgia public companies and a catalyst to increase female directors on all for-profit company boards, announces new honorees to its Executive Leadership Honor Roll. This award is presented annually to three Georgia-based women leaders as an opportunity to highlight OnBoard's mission of increasing the number of women in executive leadership roles.

An honor roll recipient is a Georgia-based woman in a significant leadership role within her organization. She is a role model of career achievement and is building the credentials that place her in the pipeline, either now or in the future, for corporate board membership. The 2016 honorees are:

· Jane M. Elliott, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Global Payments Inc.

· Jackie Parker, Director of General Motors Global Philanthropy and Corporate Giving and President of the GM Foundation

· Betsy Peck, Chief Operating Officer, Markets at JLL

“Since 2007, OnBoard has celebrated women who are active advocates and mentors for other women within their organizations and are recognized as such by their colleagues,” said Sarah Ernst, President of OnBoard and Partner at Alston & Bird LLP. “We believe it is fundamental to our mission that we highlight and help advance the women who are poised and ready for board service. We know they will bring valuable skills and experience to the boards they join.”

This year’s Executive Leadership Honor Roll recipients will be recognized at OnBoard’s Annual Awards and Study Dinner on Nov. 9, 2016. It is the 24th anniversary of the OnBoard study reporting on the state of women leadership in Georgia, along with OnBoard’s annual awards – the 2016 Executive Leadership Honor Roll and the 14th presentation of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award to an outstanding female board member.

Frank Belatti, the past chairman for the board of directors of AFC Enterprises (AFCE) and managing partner and co-founder of Equicorp Partners, is the evening’s keynote speaker. Click here to register for the event, which will take place beginning at 6 p.m. with a networking reception, followed by dinner and the program at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel and Conference Center, 2450 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 30339.

About OnBoard:

OnBoard (www.onboardnow.org), formerly the Board of Directors Network (BDN), was founded in 1993 with the initial focus of increasing the number of women on corporate boards of both public and private companies. Today, OnBoard has grown into a prestigious organization as the leading authority on women in the boardroom and executive suites of Georgia public companies and publisher of the annual (and first-ever) study on women's progress in holding public board and C-suite positions. OnBoard advocates for women, inspires them to take leadership and connects them to opportunities. Follow us on Twitter @OnBoardGA and LinkedIn.