The Women’s Leadership Foundation of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce was on hand when Colorado’s General Assembly passed a legislative resolution (HJR 17-1017) calling for equitable and diverse gender representation on the boards of publicly held corporations headquartered in Colorado. The resolution was sponsored by Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran (D-5) and Rep. Lois Landgraf (R-21), and Senators Beth Martinez Humenik (R-24) and Nancy Todd (D-28). 

Within the three-year period from January 2018 through December 2020, the resolution encourages companies with nine or more director seats to have a minimum of three women directors on Full Article

The Financial Women’s Association is once again partnering with Forbes on a special section for their 2017 Investment Guide. This year’s section is: In Good Company: Empowering Today’s Female Millennials to Become Tomorrow’s CEO’s. Forbes will distribute copies of this special section at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Davos. 

The Women’s Leadership Foundation of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce has developed a Summary of Sources for Qualified Female Board Candidates. The guide includes sources that charge no fees for placements as well as fee-for-services organizations. 

On December 7^th, The Boston Club held its annual Corporate Salute and celebrated the Club’s 40^th anniversary. The event broke attendance records with 835 attendees and culminated in the declaration of January 2017 as Women’s Leadership Month by Governor Charlie Baker. Beth Comstock, Vice Chairman of GE was the keynote speaker.  

The Club released its most recent census of women directors and executive officers, reporting increases in the percentage of seats held by women on boards (18.6%) and the number of companies with three or more women directors (19), as well as Full Article

16^th Annual Women on Boards Report Reveals Encouraging Trends but Not Enough Change to Alter Overall Picture

PHILADELPHIA – (October 27, 2016) – More companies in the Philadelphia region are capitalizing on the expertise and experience of women leaders by selecting them for their boards of directors, according to The Forum of Executive Women’s annual Women on Boards Report, which is being released today at The Forum’s Annual Leadership Breakfast. The report — Forces pushing for progress in the boardroom and C-suite — provides a status on the number of women leaders at public companies, universities and health Full Article

Denver, Colorado, October 25, 2016 – The Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce will honor and recognize members of the Colorado legislature for their work promoting women in business and their efforts encouraging growth in Colorado on Thursday, November 17, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. at The Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion. 

This year’s honorees are:

Senator Laura Woods has helped mothers and families in Colorado through her sponsorship of HB16-1387, which requires insurance companies to pay for medically-needed infant formula due to severe allergies or illness. Senator Woods has also been outspoken in her efforts to pass construction defects Full Article

Earlier this summer, ION Member Network 2000 released the results from their latest census of women on boards in Maryland and reported little change in their overall numbers (2014 numbers in parentheses) 

• Number of seats held by women: 91 (90)
• Percentage of seats held by women: 14.4% (14.3%)
• Percentage of companies where women hold 20% or more of the board seats: 31.6% (28.6%)
• Percentage of companies where women hold 20% or more of the executive positions: 35.5% (39%)

Executive Women of New Jersey recently released updated numbers for women in leadership in the 99 New Jersey companies on the Russell 3000.  Top findings from the report include the following.

• Of 942 board seats in 99 companies, 141, or 15%, were held by women. This is an increase over 2013, when women in these companies held only 13.7% of seats.
• The 18 NJ Fortune 500 companies within the NJ Russell 3000 did slightly better, with 45 of 202 board seats, or 22.3%, filled by women. This is an increase over 2013, when women in these Full Article

The Forum of Executive Women in Philadelphia has updated its “Women on Boards” report for 2015.  Key findings from the report, which includes the 100 largest public companies in the region include:

• 35 companies had no women on their boards
• 49 companies had no women in their top executive ranks
• 60 companies had no women among their top earners
• 94 companies were headed by a male CEO

Overall, women hold only 13 percent of board seats and 13 percent of executive positions these companies.

The Forum also reports on women in leadership roles in Full Article