Women score gains on Philly corporate boards but remain far from parity
Wednesday’s report was the 21st to be released by the Forum of Executive Women, which is made up of nearly 600 female leaders throughout the greater Philadelphia region. The share of women who were executives in 2021 increased to 19% from 16% in 2020. That year, 40 companies had no female executives. That number was down to 31 in 2021.
“This data doesn’t show us how women in the mid-tier of the pipeline have been affected by COVID-19 challenges, something we may not fully understand for several years,” she said.More companies are sharing data about their diversity. The ones listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. exchange are now required to publicly share diversity statistics for their boards of directors.