ION Member Organization Watermark and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management today announced the results of the 2010 Census. “UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders: A Census of Women Directors and Executive Officers” found that women remain under-represented in the C-Suites and Boardrooms of California’s top 400 publicly traded companies. Davis, CA – December 2, 2010

ION has appointed Sara Meyer-Davis to the board of directors, replacing Ziporah Janowski. Ms. Meyer-Davis is a representative from Financial Women’s Association (FWA), one of ION’s 14 member organizations. Fort Washington, PA – Nov. 30, 2010

ION and Member Organization Nashville CABLE have partnered to place Deborah Taylor Tate to the board of directors of HealthStream, a Nashville-based healthcare learning and research company. Fort Washington, PA – Nov. 29, 2010

Business Wire: ION has entered into a strategic partnership with Pax World Management LLC, investment adviser to Pax World Funds. ION President Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane has been appointed to the Pax Women’s Advisory Council and Pax World President and CEO Joe Keefe has joined ION’s Advisory Council. Fort Washington, PA – November 15, 2010

ION President Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane will represent ION at two upcoming events: the 2nd Global Roundtable on Board Diversity on November 11 in Washington D.C. and the Corporate Governance Exchange on November 17 in Ohio. Ms. Laurent-Ottomane will contribute to the discussion about changing board composition and accelerating individual country and corporate initiatives. Fort Washington, PA – November 4, 2010

ION Member Forum of Executive Women released their 2010 report, revealing that women in Philadelphia hold 90 of 844 board seats and that 43 companies have no female board members. In addition, eight companies have three or more female board members. Fort Washington, PA – Oct. 26, 2010

ION Member Board of Directors Network released their 2010 report, revealing a new high in the study’s history with one or more women directors in 49 percent of Georgia’s 150 public companies. Women hold 8.6 percent of the total board seats in the state’s public companies, compared with 7.6 percent in 2009. Atlanta, GA – Oct. 18, 2010

ION announced that Sarah L. Meyerrose will join its Board of Directors, replacing Debra Fish. Ms. Meyerrose is a member of CABLE, one of ION’s 14 member organizations. For more details, read the complete news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – Oct. 18, 2010

ION announced that Constance Dierickx, Ph.D. will join its Board of Directors, replacing long-time Board Member and Former ION President Rona Wells. Dr. Dierickx is a board member of The Board of Directors Network, one of ION’s 14 member organizations. For more details, read the complete news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – Sept. 30, 2010

ION has announced that Monica M. Fohrman will replace Donni Case on the ION Board of Directors, as Ms. Case has completed her term. Ms. Fohrman is a member of The Chicago Network, one of ION’s fourteen member organizations. For more details, read the complete news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – July 30, 2010

ION will sponsor the Chairman and CEO Peer Forum in New York on June 22-23, 2010. The event will be co-hosted by Corporate Board Member Magazine and NYSE Euronext. For more details, read the complete news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – June 21, 2010

ION announced its new slate of executive officers for 2010-11. Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane of Women Executive Leadership (Ft. Lauderdale) has been named President of ION and will serve a two year term. For more details, read the complete news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – May 13, 2010

ION is now a Vision 2020 National Ally. The national project is focused on advancing gender equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. ION will participate in Vision 2020′s first public event, the American Conversation about Women and Leadership from October 21-22 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Vision 2020 National Allies are national associations and professional organizations that will help launch the “Declaration of Equality” — the action agenda which will move America toward equality by 2020, the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment. Philadelphia, Penn. – April 6, 2010

ION has released its sixth annual report on the status of women directors and executive officers. While the numbers have varied little over the last few years, this year’s report also features interviews with 11 “Guys Who Get It” — CEOs or board chairmen of major U.S. public companies who understand the value of diversity at the top. Read the full report. Read the ION news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – March 22, 2010

ION has added Texas-based nonprofit The Board Connection (TBC) as its fourteenth member organization. TBC recently released its first annual study, revealing that 35.7 percent of Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) companies have no women directors. Read the full report. Read the ION news release. Fort Washington, Penn. – February 17, 2010

ION member, CABLE’s 2009 study reveals that more than 91 percent of the 618 corporate directors were men at a time when women made up 51.9 percent of the Tennessee work force. Read the CABLE news release. Read the full report. Nashville, TN – Feb. 1, 2010