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Diversity Lags in Executive Suites and Boardrooms

Gender and racial disparities in the workplace, particularly among corporate leaders, continue at many publicly traded and privately held organizations. A Capital Business analysis of 90 publicly traded companies in the greater Washington D.C. region shows that of 93 chief executive positions, four are held by women and eight are held by people of color. (Some of the companies had two chief executives.) Additionally, of the 677 board positions across the companies, 76 are held by women and 67 are held by people of color. This disproportion has been a persistent quandary for both corporations and the groups that work to advance the roles of women and minorities within them. Click here to read more.
 
 



INSIGHT Into Diversity