For immediate release: January 10, 2020
G. Janelle Frost, president and chief executive officer of AMERISAFE Inc., has been reappointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's New Orleans Branch. Her term began January 1, 2020, and runs through December 31, 2022.
Frost has served in her position since 2015. Prior to that, she was president and chief operating officer from 2013 to 2015 and executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2008 to 2013, and she held various positions with AMERISAFE from 1992 to 2008.
Frost is a member of the board of directors of AMERISAFE Inc. and the Young President's Organization, Louisiana Chapter. She earned a bachelor's degree from McNeese State University in 1992. Frost was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by McNeese State University in 2016 and is a Hall of Fame member of the McNeese State University College of Business.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta branch directors provide economic information from their industries and the branch territory to the district bank's president and head office directors, who use the information to formulate monetary policy and make discount rate recommendations. Frost was reappointed by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. The Board of Governors appoints three of the New Orleans Branch directors, and the Atlanta head office directors appoint four.