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Boardroom Diversity Without Marginalizing Anyone
By Janice Ellig, CEO, Ellig Group C-suite and boardroom diversity in 2022 America While women have come a long way, we...
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Episode 43: Priscilla Sims Brown
Leading America’s Socially Responsible Bank
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Interviews

"LeadingShe" Interviews Janice Ellig
Janice Ellig is CEO of the Ellig group, known as “The Closer”, she is one of the top recruiters in the country specializing in...
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2021 Celebrating Women’s History Month with Nicole Sandford on the radio!
Metro Hartford Alliance discusses the importance of women in leadership and how business leaders are inspiring girls and young...
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Boardroom Bound: What Does Good Boardroom Leadership Look Like?
PODCAST: What does it take to make it in the boardroom? Pull up a chair and hear from widely experienced senior business leaders....
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Videos

2021 Women’s Forum of NY Breakfast of Corporate Champions - Sizzle Video
Women’s Forum of NY presents the 2021 Breakfast of Corporate Champions – “Decade of Driving Change” to...
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Webinars

Collective Intelligence: How To Build A Business That’s Smarter Than You
Webinar with Jennifer Sundberg, co-CEO of Board Intelligence and co-author of the book “Collective Intelligence: How To Build...
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Gian Power - The Power of Storytelling: Unleashing a Company's Full Potential
Webinar with Gian Power, founder and CEO of TLC Lions. Impacting millions of people, TLC Lions drives culture change using science-backed...
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Leo Tilman & General Jacoby - Smart Corporate Infrastructure
Recognized as an authority on strategy, risk intelligence, and finance to many companies, governments, and investors around the...
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7 Talent Trends for 2024 and Beyond
2024 promises to be a landmark year in the continuing redefinition of talent – human, artificial, C- Suite, board, mid-level,...
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New Year edition of the Ellig Group Update - February 2024
The past 12 months were a time of exciting growth with talented new team members joining Ellig Group, bringing with them specific...
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Ellig Group Acquires Maggie Wilderotter's Corporate Director Academy
We’re thrilled to announce our acquisition of Maggie Wilderotter’s Corporate Director Academy, a highly respected...
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America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms
Executives in the C-suite are facing an increasingly volatile economic and geopolitical landscape along with an evolving list...
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Board Intelligence Interview with Janice
You can hire skills, but you cannot hire integrity. Great leaders have good character at their core: as Peter Druker said, “Management...
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DEI and CHROs in 2022: A conversation with Ellig Group CEO Janice Ellig
As CEO of leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-focused executive search firm Ellig Group, Janice Reals Ellig is a recognized...
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Assorted Insights

Episode 63: Madeline Di Nonno
Re-imagining Hollywood, A Journey Into Gender Equality
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7 Talent Trends for 2024 and Beyond
2024 promises to be a landmark year in the continuing redefinition of talent – human, artificial, C- Suite, board, mid-level,...
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Collective Intelligence: How To Build A Business That’s Smarter Than You
Webinar with Jennifer Sundberg, co-CEO of Board Intelligence and co-author of the book “Collective Intelligence: How To Build...
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Episode 62: Ken Frazier
The CEO's Job: Be a Compass, Not a GPS
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New Year edition of the Ellig Group Update - February 2024
The past 12 months were a time of exciting growth with talented new team members joining Ellig Group, bringing with them specific...
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Episode 61: Janice Ellig
Five Years of Powerful Podcasts: Game-Changing Leadership Insights
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Ellig Group Acquires Maggie Wilderotter's Corporate Director Academy
We’re thrilled to announce our acquisition of Maggie Wilderotter’s Corporate Director Academy, a highly respected...
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America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms
Executives in the C-suite are facing an increasingly volatile economic and geopolitical landscape along with an evolving list...
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Episode 60: Jerre Stead
A Corporate and Philanthropic Journey of Impact and Empowerment
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Episode 59: Adam Bryant
Leap to Leader: A Corner Office Manual
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Episode 58: Hamoon Ekhtiari
AI - A Career Co-Pilot for the Future of Work
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Episode 57: Erin Tolefree
Multigenerational Family of Food Entrepreneurs
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Janice Reals Ellig

Chief Executive Officer

As the head of the Ellig Group, Janice is dedicated to increasing the placement of women and diverse candidates on corporate boards and in C-suites by 2025. Janice joined the legacy firm in 2000 and became Co-Chief Executive Officer in its transition to Chadick Ellig in 2007; she assumed sole ownership of the company as the Ellig Group in 2017 with a new focus on Reimagining Search. Prior to her career in executive search, Janice spent 20 years in corporate America at Pfizer, Citi and Ambac Financial Group, an IPO from Citibank, where she was responsible for Marketing, Human Resources, and Administration.

Heralded by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of “The World’s Most Influential Headhunters,” Janice is often consulted for her expertise and her commitment to gender parity, inclusion, and diversity. She frequently appears at speaking engagements and as a media guest, and she has penned multiple articles for outlets such as Directors & Boards, Directorship, Corporate Director, The Huffington Post, and Forbes.com. Janice also co-authored two books: Driving The Career Highway and What Every Successful Woman Knows, acknowledged by Bloomberg Businessweek as “the best of its genre.”

A tirelessly active member of the industry and champion of her causes, Janice is Founder of the Women’s Forum of New York’s Corporate Board Initiative and its signature event, Breakfast of Corporate Champions. Since 2011, Janice continues to spearhead this event to honor companies committed to board diversity and to encourage CEOs to sponsor board-ready women for the Women’s Forum database. (LINK: www.womensforumny.org).

Janice is personally committed to several NFP organizations: Board Director of the National YMCA and Past Chair of the YMCA Board of Greater New York; Trustee of the Actors Fund and Committee For Economic Development (CED); Incoming Chair, University of Iowa Foundation; Women’s Forum of New York Past President and Chair of the Corporate Board Initiative; member of the Steering Committee, US 30% Club and The Economic Club of New York.

In recognition for her many philanthropic activities, Janice received the University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011 and the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) Eleanor Raynolds Award for Volunteerism in 2008. Named one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” by Women’s eNews, she was also a recipient of the Channel 21 Award In Excellence for her contribution to “Excellence in the Economic Development for Women.”

“Listening to our clients’ needs, learning their business and understanding their culture is how we present the best talent and provide  a competitive advantage. We place candidates with the character, competencies, commitment, (intellectual) curiosity and courage to make a difference. Our goal is always to go beyond the expected and deliver valuable advice, measurable results and great talent!”

– Janice Reals Ellig

  • Champion of gender parity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Industry expert, speaker, and author
  • Founder of the Women’s Forum of New York’s Corporate Board Initiative
  • Committed board and committee member and philanthropist

T: (212) 688-8671 ext. 226
E: Janice@ElligGroup.com