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April 25, 2017
Women on Boards
Women are well established in professions like medicine, law and banking. They’ve advanced to the top of prominent companies, including General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Pepsico and IBM. Yet a gap remains: corporate boards....April 25, 2017
Creating An Employee Executive Board Will Close the Gender Gap in Business by Kristy Wallace
Women make up half of the global population, contribute $7 trillion in US consumer and business spending and drive 85% of all consumer purchasing. That’s pretty awesome. But the power...April 24, 2017
WEL Florida Memberships Supports Foster Care Youth Transitioning Into Adulthood
Children's Harbor Wardrobe Donations Children’s Harbor is a not for profit organization that helps keep siblings together in the foster care system. They have recently acquired another organization which supports children...April 11, 2017
Although Boardroom Diversity Is Increasing, Women Remain Underrepresented
Looking at more than 3,000 global companies, Credit Suisse found that women held 14.7% of board seats in 2015.1 This was up 54% since 2010.2 Out of the 4,218 companies covered...April 6, 2017
Women on boards: 20% target by 2020 and 30% by 2030
Interesting article about global progress towards the goal of gender equality on corporate boards.March 27, 2017
We’re Making Little Progress Getting Women on Boards
The glass ceiling for women on corporate boards does not appear to be budging. Women held one in every five board seats at S&P 500 companies last year, or 19.9%,...
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Executive teams and Boards everywhere are positively impacted by the empathy and diversity of thought women bring to the business. Supporting the growth of women in executive positions is an inspiring goal and I am happy to join “Women Executive Leadership” to help make it happen
Yvethe Tyszka
VP of Marketing, H&H North America
“WEL provides thoughtful and intentional programs that are meant to help increase the number of women in the C-Suite and Corporate Boards and to further the mission of gender diversity. WEL is not just doing this because it’s the right thing to do, but because statistically speaking, it’s been shown that organizations with gender diversity perform far better than their peers who don’t.”
Penny Parks
President & Founder
“The combination of commitment to board diversity, the educational programs, and the opportunity for senior executive women to network with other members and organizations is what WEL is all about.”
Beth Simonetti
EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer
“WEL is a safe place and opportunity for accomplished executive women to network and build relationships and actionable plans to move into a corporate board.”