After 9 years serving as Circle’s COO, Elisabeth turned her attention to accelerating and giving permanence to our broader mission to raise global economic prosperity. Leading global strategic engagement, she forges relationships with critical commercial, non-profit, and non-governmental organizations to drive Circle’s mission through stablecoin network growth and adoption worldwide. She brings decades of experience leading companies revolutionizing industries ranging from financial services to nonprofit fundraising to media as COO of Evertrue, and SVP at Brightcove, News Corporation and BSkyB.

American Academy President Laurie Patton to Receive Concordia’s 2026 Leadership Award for Civil Society
The Concordia Leadership Council is proud to announce Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as the second of three recipients of the 2026

