Quarterly Report

Globally recognized speakers addressing the business imperatives for elevating women to corporate boards include:

Then, 28 City/State Conversations will live stream events with VIP panelists to spotlight “Women Directors During Times of Crisis” the weeks of November 16-20 and December 1-4, 2020.

With more than 20 headline speakers, and 400+ VIP Panelists and Director Coaches confirmed, attendees in their early, mid, and advanced career have the opportunity to hear from influential speakers, and participate in breakout discussions to gather insights on how to accelerate themselves or their peers to boardroom positions.

Funds raised through the 2020 Women on Boards events each year support the invaluable research, educational programs, and advocacy efforts, produced by our 501c3 nonprofit, that play an influential role in advancing gender balance and diversity.

Every ticket includes The Global Conversation on Board Diversity and ONE City/State event of your choice, with the option to add additional City/States events or purchase an all Access-Pass.

To register today click here, or make an impact and sponsor our event here.

Big Companies Continue to Lead in Boardroom Diversity
Women continue to make steady gains on public company boards, and now hold 22.6% of the board seats of Russell 3000 (R3000) companies, up from 20.4% in 2019. The percentage of women in the 100 largest companies is 29.9%, up from 27.7% in 2019. Women hold 18.2% of the board seats in the 1000 smallest companies.

Industry Sectors Move Forward: 10 of 11 Exceed 20%
Women now hold more than 20% of the board seats in companies in 10 of 11 industry sectors. Only the energy sector is below 20%.

Women’s Boardroom Gains Slower than 2019
In the first six months of 2020, women gained 36% of the new seats, down from 42% in 2019. Women gained 744 board seats (net), and 60% of them were added and did not require men to give up their seats to make room for women.

Moving Toward Gender Balance
Thirty percent (911) of R3000 companies have three or more women on their boards, compared with 25% (720) last year. Five percent (162) of the companies have achieved gender balance, compared with 4% (116) last year. What do we mean by gender balance? Having an equal number of men and women or not more than one additional man or woman on odd numbered boards.

As we head into the next decade, please continue to stay engaged as we grow and evolve the 2020WOB campaign. Learn how to ready yourself to find a corporate board seat, as well as influence and follow the progress being made by women.

For the full report click here.

Accelerated by the pandemic, not only did higher education shift to remote learning, but platforms liked LinkedIn Learning, Trailblazer by Salesforce, and Google’s Certification Skillshop Programs continue to digitize education and services using AI- and analytics-driven teaching.

With more employers valuing upskilling, flexible education is in high demand as employees search for viable options to keep pace with technological advances.

Following suit, 2020WOB shifted to remote learning, which not only removed the geographic limitations of our in-person curriculum, but enabled us to build intensive, interactive, and instructional coaching sessions with participants.

WE WON’T STOP THERE!

In 2021, we will launch revitalized curriculum, new programs and ongoing events, designed to reach women in the workforce with personalized training that helps accelerate their path to the boardroom.

Congratulations to all of our 2020WOB Get on Board! Workshop graduates. Alumnae, look for exclusive news, offers, and Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire’s office hours.

For more information, contact events@2020wob.com.

We engage a lot of smart, accomplished, talented, committed volunteers! We’re proud to introduce our 2020 Committee Chairs, who dedicate their time and energy to staging successful events throughout the year.

As a special thank you, we spotlight several of our volunteer chairs in every Quarterly Report, and this month we are celebrating Seattle’s Co-chairs Kelly Breslin-Wright, Joanna Lohkamp, and the Seattle team of Leadership Committee Members.

In the spirit of teamwork & collaboration, Kelly and Joanna share best practices that other City/State regions can apply to ensure we are utilizing our organization’s capabilities and connections. Thank you both for elevating women inside and outside of our network.