Janice Ellig

Named by Businessweek as one of The World’s Most Influential Headhunters Janice Ellig is Co-CEO of Chadick Ellig with a focus on recruitment of board directors, C-suite executives, and divisional heads. Janice’s 20-year corporate experience includes Pfizer, Citibank, and Ambac Financial Group which she helped take public after a spin-off from Citibank in 1991. As a member of Ambac’s Executive Committee, she was responsible for Marketing, Human Resources and Administration. Janice has co-authored: Driving The Career Highway, 20 Road Signs You Can’t Afford To Miss (2007) and What Every Successful Woman Knows: 12 Breakthrough Strategies to Get the Power and Ignite Your Career (2001). Her expertise and commentary have been featured in business publications and news outlets including Forbes.com and CNBC. She is a frequent speaker at symposiums on women’s initiatives and career management. Janice has received numerous awards including the University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Award; the Association of Executive Search Consultants’ (AESC) Eleanor Raynolds Award for Volunteerism; Women's eNews' 21 Leaders for the 21st Century award, and the Channel 21 Award In Excellence. She is Immediate Past President of the Women’s Forum of New York; Board Director/ Executive Committee, University of Iowa Foundation; serves on the Simmons College School of Management Advisory Board; Board of Trustees of The Actors Fund; The White House Project Advisory Council; the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and The Economic Club of New York. She is a Past Chair of the YMCA Board of Greater New York.