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There’s a Known Shortage of Women on Public Boards,but What’s Happening on Private Boards?

In what may come as a surprise to no one, there still aren’t enough women on corporate…

November 28, 2022-

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Break on Through – Female Leadership in Financial Services

Deloitte finds that women comprise just over half of the population yet account for only 24% of…

June 24, 2022-

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A STATEMENT FROM 50/50 WOMEN ON BOARDS ON THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE

The 50/50 Women on Boards campaign was founded on our fundamental belief that women and men are…

June 24, 2022-

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A ‘watershed year’ for women on corporate boards

With many women still not returning to work after Covid-19 lockdowns and many of them still reporting...

April 15, 2022-

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Column: California’s landmark corporate diversity law was overturned. What happens next?

Critics of the movement to make corporate boards more diverse by adding women and ethnic minorities...

April 8, 2022-

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Women’s representation on boards sees best-ever growth in ‘watershed’ year

Women held 27% of all board seats in 2021, reflecting the largest ever year-over-year increase in...

April 7, 2022-

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Meet The Founders On A Mission To Facilitate 75,000 Board Opportunities For Women

As more companies commit to D&I programs, more women join the board of directors...

March 8, 2022-

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State law mandating gender equity on corporate boards yields results, but work still yet to be done

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire is the CEO of 50/50 Women on Boards, the nonprofit group that advocated...

March 4, 2022-

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The Secret to Getting More Women on Corporate Boards: The $100,000 Threat

What California’s experiment in mandating gender diversity shows about how easy — and how beneficial...

February 25, 2022-

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Women on boards are not growing as fast – here’s why

Local public companies are adding women to their boards at a slower rate today. The reasons behind...

February 25, 2022-

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Women’s Gains on Bank Boards at Risk of Stalling

Women on corporate boards at the largest U.S. banks are at risk of stalling out at about…

February 15, 2022-

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Renee Fraser’s KABC Radio show

non-media interview...

February 2, 2022-

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A Proxy Season and Annual Report Guide to 2022

The 2022 proxy season will continue to be affected by the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic...

February 2, 2022-

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Judge unlikely to block California women on boards law

A California judge said on Tuesday that he is unlikely to block a law requiring publicly held…

November 16, 2021-

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How Boardroom Diversity Has Evolved in the #MeToo Era

Efforts to increase the percentage of women on corporate boards in the U.S. achieved a milestone this…

October 20, 2021-

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In healthcare, women hold 25% of board seats: 5 findings to know for 2021

The percentage of women on boards has grown in 2021, making the most considerable one-year growth in…

October 20, 2021-

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50/50 Women on Boards study says women now hold more than 25% of corporate board seats

"The percentage of women holding board seats at Russell 3000 companies has continued to increase and in…

October 20, 2021-

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Alyssa Kuchta of f.y.b. Jewelry: “Identify your strengths and learn to delegate”

In order to empower the next generation of female leaders, we need to show them what’s possible,…

October 20, 2021-

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California outlawed the all-white-male boardroom. That move is reshaping corporate America

Even as the mandates on women and people of color have become a flashpoint in the culture…

October 20, 2021-

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Success Has Many Mothers – Here Are The Women Who Paved The Way For Nasdaq’s Bold Effort To Put More Women On Boards — Just Approved By The SEC

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire was one of the unstoppable forces behind California’s 2018 law requiring boards of companies headquartered…

October 20, 2021-

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Endeavor Adds Post House Capital CEO Jacqueline Reses to Board of Directors

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO of the nonprofit 50/50 Women on Boards organization, hailed Endeavor’s addition of Reses to…

October 20, 2021-

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Why credit unions have more women CEOs than banks do

For U.S. banks and credit unions with between $1 billion and $5 billion of assets, 13% of…

October 20, 2021-

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50/50 Women on Boards Reveals Gender Diversity Index Key Findings, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase in Women on Corporate Boards on the Russell 3000

50/50 Women on Boards™ (50/50WOB), a leading non-profit education and advocacy campaign driving the movement toward gender…

October 20, 2021-

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Mandating Board Diversity in California

A recent California law requires companies in the state with over 6 people on its board of…

August 23, 2021-

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Women of Color Missing From California Boards as Deadlines Near

"California companies are scrambling to bring on diverse board members ahead of a new state law’s end-of-year…

August 23, 2021-

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California Effort to Increase Number of Women on Corporate Boards Suffers Setback

California’s groundbreaking law requiring corporations to have at least one women on their board of directors has…

August 23, 2021-

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Host of Coastside Conversations, Catherine Peery interviews Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire on Pescadero Public Radio

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, Chief Executive Officer, 50/50 Women on Boards, discusses what corporations, male allies and women can…

August 23, 2021-

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Only One Major U.S. Entertainment Company Board Has Achieved Gender Parity

Only one major entertainment company has already met the goal set by the 50/50 Women on Boards…

August 23, 2021-

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Women Near One-Third of Board Seats at S&P 500 Banks

The percentage of female directors on firms in the S&P 500 Banks index in May rose to…

August 23, 2021-

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CA companies need women directors to comply with gender quota.

According to research by 50/50 Women on Boards provided to Reuters, 54% of active Russell 3000 companies…

July 13, 2021-

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