Follow the Leaders: Boardroom Gender Diversity Can Happen Here

Corporate board gender diversity is a smart business strategy that can translate to financial success. ION’s Ninth Annual Status Report on women directors and executive officers of public companies provides a breadth and depth of regional information not available anywhere else. In addition to including 2012 data from U.S. corporations in 16 metropolitan regions, Follow the Leaders: It Can Happen Here urges companies to gain a competitive edge by electing more women to the boardroom and executive suite. The report profiles 11 corporations that have experienced financial success and made boardroom gender diversity a high-priority business initiative.

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ION Expands East Coast Presence

Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) is now ION’s seventeenth regional executive women’s member organization. The addition of this Trenton-based nonprofit strengthens ION’s representation on the East Coast. EWNJ President Keitha Lackey will join the ION board.
Read more. Nashville, TN – May 21, 2013

Jane Allan Bowie Appointed to Board

ION has appointed Jane Allan Bowie as a board director representing Member Organization Network 2000 (Maryland). As the Executive Director of Network 2000, Ms. Bowie will use her marketing and nonprofit leadership experience to support ION’s message that boardroom gender diversity can improve financial performance and company culture. Read more. Nashville, TN – May 13, 2013

ION Welcomes Civic Entrepreneur Sonja Enfinger, Corporate Attorney Sarah Ernst to Board of Directors

ION appointed Sonja Enfinger and Sarah Ernst as board members representing ION Member Organizations Women’s Economic Development Council (WEDC, Alabama) and OnBoard (Georgia), respectively. The new directors will help position ION as a resource for investors, executives, search firms and thought leaders interested in using boardroom gender diversity to improve financial performance and company culture. Read more. Nashville, TN – April 18, 2013