January 2024 Report Summary
Companies continue to diversify board composition by appointing women to the board of public companies.
In January, women comprised 29.5% of new appointments to the boards of public companies. Public companies appointed 90 women to boards and 215 men to their boards. The pressure to increase diversity at the board level remains critical to ensuring the advancement of women moving into board positions.
While only 18 of the newly appointed women board members (20.0% of new women appointments) chose to self-disclose their race, boards must continue to diversify and the data continues to highlight the value of disclosure.
In January, Asian/Pacific Islander women took the lead in board appointments with 11 women each being appointed to public boards, making up 61.1% of all appointments. They are closely followed by 4 Hispanic / Latino women (22.2%). Companies such as Vera Bradley, Inc., Beazer Homes USA, Inc., and SLM Corporation are leading the way as part of a phenomenal group that have appointed diverse women to their boards.
Of the 90 women appointed to the boards of public companies, 50, or 55.5%, were first-time board appointments. In January, Healthcare companies led the way in the appointment of women followed by Technology and Industrials companies, with appointed women filling 21.1% of board seats at Healthcare companies and 13.3% each at Technology and Industrials companies. In the Technology industry, we see strides being made by women at companies like Leidos Holdings, Inc.
Equilar and WBC are tracking and analyzing the growth and rotation of board seats on public companies and the expanding candidate pool. We will continue to track and analyze not only the numbers, diversity and profile of the women being appointed to boards; but the companies and industries in which female board members are present and how many of the overall board seats are held by women.
| Company | Title | Industry | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRA International, Inc. | Karen C. Keenan  | Industrials | |
| Exelixis, Inc. | Dr. Mary C. Beckerle Ph.D. | Healthcare | |
| Exelixis, Inc. | S. Gail Eckhardt | Healthcare | |
| Omnicell, Inc. | Eileen J. Voynick | Healthcare | |
| Alliant Energy Corporation | Lisa M. Barton | Utilities | |
| The Allstate Corporation | Maria R. Morris | Financial Services | |
| Ameren Corporation | Kimberly J. Harris | Utilities | |
| Beazer Homes USA, Inc. | Alyssa P. Steele | Consumer Cyclical | |
| Beazer Homes USA, Inc. | June Sauvaget | Consumer Cyclical | Multi-racial |
| Adtalem Global Education Inc. | Dr. Betty M. Vandenbosch Ph.D. | Consumer Defensive | |
| Essex Property Trust, Inc. | Anne B. Gust | Real Estate | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Dina H. Powell McCormick | Energy | |
| Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | Erin Mulligan Helgren | Real Estate | |
| Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. | Amelia Counts | Financial Services | |
| Harte Hanks, Inc. | Elizabeth Ross | Industrials | |
| Hexcel Corporation | Dr. Patricia Hubbard | Industrials | |
| Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. | Agnes Catherine Ngo | Real Estate | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| MDU Resources Group, Inc. | Nicole A. Kivisto | Basic Materials | |
| Omnicom Group Inc. | Casey Santos | Communication Services | Hispanic / Latino |
| Simon Property Group, Inc. | Nina P. Jones | Real Estate | |
| Teradyne, Inc. | Bridget A. van Kralingen | Technology | |
| The Toro Company | Dianne C. Craig | Industrials | |
| SLM Corporation | Janaki Akella | Financial Services | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| SLM Corporation | Shannon Watkins | Financial Services | |
| Agree Realty Corporation | Linglong He | Real Estate | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Option Care Health, Inc. | Barbara W. Bodem | Healthcare | |
| Key Tronic Corporation | Cheryl Beranek | Technology | |
| SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Debra Walton-Ruskin | Technology | |
| Leidos Holdings, Inc. | Nancy A. Norton | Technology | |
| The Mosaic Company | Jody L.M. Kuzenko | Basic Materials | |
| Ovintiv Inc. | Sippy Chhina | Energy | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| TeraWulf Inc. | Amanda Fabiano | Basic Materials | |
| Dorchester Minerals, L.P. | Lesley Carver | Energy | |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | Victoria D. Harker | Consumer Defensive | |
| United-Guardian, Inc. | Catherine Joy Kolinski | Consumer Defensive | |
| BWX Technologies, Inc. | Nicole Weyerhaeuser Piasecki | Industrials | |
| XWELL, Inc. | Gaelle S. Wizenberg | Consumer Cyclical | |
| Gevo, Inc. | Mary Kathryn Ellet | Basic Materials | |
| Standard BioTools Inc. | Kathy L. Hibbs | Healthcare | |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation | Mary Galligan | Consumer Cyclical | |
| Summit Materials, Inc. | Irene Moshouris | Basic Materials | |
| REV Group, Inc. | Kathleen M. Steele | Industrials | |
| Immunome, Inc. | Carol A. Schafer | Healthcare | |
| Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. | Rena Nigam | Financial Services | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| VYNE Therapeutics Inc. | Christine Borowski | Healthcare | |
| Ranger Energy Services, Inc. | Carla S. Mashinski | Energy | |
| Rafael Holdings, Inc. | Susan Y. Bernstein | Healthcare | |
| Compass Therapeutics, Inc. | Dr. Vered Bisker-Leib Ph.D. | Healthcare | |
| Alight, Inc. | Siobhan Nolan Mangini | Technology | |
| Agrify Corporation | I-Tseng Jenny Chan | Industrials | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Tigo Energy, Inc. | Sagit Manor | Technology | |
| Sacks Parente Golf, Inc. | Jane Casanta | Consumer Cyclical | |
| Precipio, Inc. | Christina Rizopoulos Valauri | Healthcare | |
| Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | Reshema Kemps-Polanco | Healthcare | Black / African American |
| Lantronix, Inc. | Christa L. Steele | Technology | |
| Brown & Brown, Inc. | Kathleen A. Savio | Financial Services | |
| Cintas Corporation | Beverly K. Carmichael | Industrials | Black / African American |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | Hope Andrade | Financial Services | Hispanic / Latino |
| Fluor Corporation | Lisa Glatch | Industrials | |
| Highwoods Properties, Inc. | Candice W. Todd | Real Estate | |
| Centerspace | Ola Hixon | Real Estate | |
| ITT Inc. | Sharon Szafranski | Industrials | |
| Kilroy Realty Corporation | Angela M. Aman | Real Estate | |
| NOV Inc. | Patricia B. Melcher | Energy | |
| Rogers Corporation | Donna M. Costello | Technology | |
| National Bankshares, Inc. | Lara E. Ramsey | Financial Services | |
| Delek US Holdings, Inc. | Christine Benson Schwartzstein | Energy | |
| SIGA Technologies, Inc. | Dr. Diem Nguyen Ph.D. | Healthcare | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Insulet Corporation | Flavia Pease | Healthcare | Hispanic / Latino |
| OptimizeRx Corporation | Catherine M. Klema | Healthcare | |
| Harrow, Inc. | Dr. Adrienne L. Graves Ph.D. | Healthcare | |
| Harrow, Inc. | Lauren Silvernail | Healthcare | |
| Vera Bradley, Inc. | Jessica Rodriguez | Consumer Cyclical | Hispanic / Latino |
| Matador Resources Company | Susan M. Ward | Energy | |
| Five Below, Inc. | Karen R. Bowman | Consumer Cyclical | |
| Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Terri D. McClements | Real Estate | |
| Arcus Biosciences, Inc. | Johanna Mercier | Healthcare | |
| CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Amy Mahery | Healthcare | |
| SoFi Technologies, Inc. | Dana Green | Financial Services | |
| Elevation Oncology, Inc. | Darcy Mootz Ph.D. | Healthcare | |
| Dutch Bros Inc. | Christine Barone | Consumer Cyclical | |
| D-Wave Quantum Inc. | Kirstjen Nielsen | Technology | |
| New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. | Trisha Nomura | Industrials | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Smith Douglas Homes Corp. | Janice E. Walker | Real Estate | |
| Silynxcom Ltd. | Yafit Keret | Technology | |
| SU Group Holdings Limited | Sui Man Tse | Industrials | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Planet Image International Limited | Yu Xiang | Technology | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Haoxi Health Technology Limited | Jia Liu | Communication Services | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| Nextracker Inc. | Julie Blunden | Technology | |
| Battery Future Acquisition Corp. | Weiyi Zheng | Financial Services |