For Immediate Release
October 7, 2008                                      Contact: Rona Wells 678-366-4281

Atlanta, Ga. The Board of Directors Network announces the 2008 Executive Leadership Honor Roll.  The award honors Georgia women executive leaders who have attained significant leadership roles within corporations, partnerships and nonprofit or government entities. This honor roll is designed to call attention to women executive leaders who have the business accomplishments that not only make them role models for other aspiring women and men, but make them candidates to serve on for-profit boards either now or in the future. They are also active in advocating and mentoring other women to achieve their potential. “BDN believes it is important to highlight these women to draw more attention to the pipeline of successful business women available as public and private board candidates” said Roxanne Douglas, President of BDN.

The 2008 Executive Leadership Honor Roll recipients are:
Barbara Blackford – Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Superior Essex Inc.
Peggy McCormick – President, Atlanta Development Authority
Sarah O'Brien – Chief Financial Officer, Dental System Group, Carestream Health
Leslie Pearce – Vice President, IBM
Leslie Sibert- Vice President Transmission, Georgia Power

More information on these honorees can be found at www.boarddirectorsnetwork.org The honor roll will be celebrated at a BDN pre-dinner reception on October 16^th at 103 West.  During the dinner, the newest research of the numbers of women on boards and in executive leadership of Georgia public companies will be revealed. 

The Board of Directors Network, Inc. (BDN) is a non-profit research and advisory organization that works to increase the number of women in corporate leadership and on corporate boards. In addition to preparing its annual census of companies’ board profiles, BDN confidentially collaborates with corporations and other key influencers of the director selection process to identify women candidates for board of directors’ positions. For information, call BDN at 770/489-6689 or visit the BDN web site, www.boarddirectorsnetwork.org.