October 2024 Report Summary
Companies continue to diversify board composition by appointing women to public company boards.
Women comprised 26.35% of new appointments to public boards of directors, with 73 women and 204 men appointed in October 2024. The pressure to increase diversity at the board level remains critical to ensuring the advancement of women in boardrooms and professional environments overall.
While only 26.35% of the newly appointed women board members chose to self-disclose their race or ethnicity, boards must continue to prioritize both gender and racial diversity. The data continues to highlight the value of disclosure, as data gaps inhibit advocates and allies from understanding the complete picture of women’s representation on boards, especially for women of color (WOC), and where progress can be made.
In October, women who self-identified as Asian or Pacific Islander were represented highest in board appointments, with 14 women appointed to boards, making up about 19.18% of all appointed women.
Of the newly women appointed to the boards of public companies, 31, or 46%, were first-time board appointments. In September, Financial Services companies led the way in the appointment of women board directors with 23.9% of total appointments. Healthcare companies followed closely behind with women filling 19.4% of newly appointed board memberships.
Additionally, women affiliated with WBC Partner organizations also touted appointments in October, including Jaqueline Hernandez of the Latino Corporate Directors Association, Elizabeth Furst Frank with the Women’s Forum of New York, and Diana N. Nole and Deborah H. Caplan of Women Corporate Directors.
Finally, WBC acknowledges companies leading the way this month include F5, Inc., FrontView REIT, Inc., Inno Holdings Inc., Innventure, Inc., Microvast Holdings, Inc., Opus Genetics, Inc. Pitney Bowes Inc., and StandardAero, Inc., which had the most reported women’s board appointments.
Equilar and WBC are tracking and analyzing the growth and rotation of board seats on public companies and the expanding candidate pool. Through our partnership, we will continue to track and analyze not only the count, diversity and profile of the women appointed to boards; but also the companies and industries where women are leading.
| Company | Title | Industry | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdaptHealth Corp. | Diana L. Nole  | Healthcare | ||
| Aditxt, Inc. | Sylvia Hermina | Healthcare | ||
| Agape ATP Corporation | Ni Luh Dharma Kerti Natih | Consumer Defensive | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Dr. Alison Moore Ph.D. | Healthcare | ||
| Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited | Quan Qiu | Healthcare | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. | Ava Schnidman | Financial Services | ||
| Cardlytics, Inc. | Srishti A. Gupta | Communication Services | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Carisma Therapeutics, Inc. | Sohanya Roshan Cheng | Healthcare | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| CNO Financial Group, Inc. | Jessica A. Turner | Financial Services | ||
| Digimarc Corporation | Ms. Sheila Cheston | Technology | ||
| Energous Corporation | Mallorie Sara Burak | Technology | ||
| Expand Energy Corporation | Catherine A. Kehr | Energy | ||
| F5, Inc. | Julie Gonzalez | Technology | ||
| F5, Inc. | Maya McReynolds | Technology | ||
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | Nicole Anasenes | Technology | ||
| First Hawaiian, Inc. | Tertia M. Freas | Financial Services | ||
| Forestar Group Inc. | Kellie L. Fischer | Real Estate | ||
| FrontView REIT, Inc. | Elizabeth Furst Frank | Real Estate | ||
| FrontView REIT, Inc. | Noelle LeVeaux | Real Estate | ||
| Galecto, Inc. | Dr. Amy B. Wechsler M.D. | Healthcare | ||
| Hecla Mining Company | Jill Satre | Basic Materials | ||
| IGM Biosciences, Inc. | Mary Beth Harler | Healthcare | ||
| Inno Holdings Inc. | Mengshu Shao | Basic Materials | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Inno Holdings Inc. | Yufang Qu | Basic Materials | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Innventure, Inc. | Suzanne L. Neimeyer | Technology | ||
| Innventure, Inc. | Elizabeth Suzanne Williams | Technology | ||
| Iron Horse Acquisitions Corp. | Jane Waxman | Financial Services | ||
| ITT Inc. | Maggie Chu | Industrials | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| KB Home | Cheryl Janet Henry | Consumer Cyclical | ||
| Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | Nadine I. Watt | Real Estate | ||
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc | M. Cantey Boyd | Healthcare | ||
| Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | Mary Jane Fortin | Financial Services | ||
| LivaNova PLC | Susan M. Podlogar | Healthcare | ||
| Masimo Corporation | Wendy E. Lane | Healthcare | ||
| MediaCo Holding Inc. | Jacqueline Hernandez | Communication Services | Hispanic / Latino | |
| Meritage Homes Corporation | Erin N. Lantz | Consumer Cyclical | ||
| Microvast Holdings, Inc. | Isida Tushe | Industrials | ||
| Microvast Holdings, Inc. | Yixin Pan | Industrials | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| NAYA Biosciences, Inc. | Lyn Falconio | Healthcare | ||
| Nexstar Media Group, Inc. | Ellen Tobi Johnson | Communication Services | ||
| NextPlat Corp | Elizabeth Alcaine | Technology | ||
| OneMedNet Corporation | Sherry Coonse McCraw | Healthcare | ||
| OnKure Therapeutics, Inc. | Valerie Malyvanh Jansen M.D., Ph.D. | Healthcare | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Opus Genetics, Inc. | Dr. Adrienne L. Graves Ph.D. | Healthcare | ||
| Opus Genetics, Inc. | Jean Bennett M.D., Ph.D. | Healthcare | ||
| OS Therapies Incorporated | Avril Suzette McKean-Dieser | Healthcare | ||
| Paycor HCM, Inc. | Drury Armstrong | Technology | ||
| Perficient, Inc. | Susan L. Adomite | Technology | ||
| Phillips 66 | Grace Puma Whiteford | Energy | Hispanic / Latino | |
| Pitney Bowes Inc. | Catherine A. Levene | Industrials | ||
| Pitney Bowes Inc. | Julie Schoenfeld | Industrials | ||
| Proficient Auto Logistics, Inc. | Brenda R. Frank | Industrials | ||
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | Marie E. Myers | Technology | ||
| Quanterix Corporation | Dr. Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch Ph.D | Healthcare | ||
| Ranpak Holdings Corp. | Victoria L. Dolan | Consumer Cyclical | ||
| SITE Centers Corp. | Cynthia Foster Curry | Real Estate | ||
| StandardAero, Inc. | Andrea Fischer Newman | Industrials | ||
| StandardAero, Inc. | Wendy Motlong Masiello | Industrials | ||
| Star Fashion Culture Holdings Limited | Meizhong Wei | Communication Services | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| Stitch Fix, Inc. | Fiona Tan | Consumer Cyclical | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Bela Bajaria | Consumer Defensive | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| The Kraft Heinz Company | Debby Soo | Consumer Defensive | Asian / Pacific Islander | |
| The RealReal, Inc. | Rati Sahi Levesque | Consumer Cyclical | ||
| The St. Joe Company | Rhea Goff | Real Estate | ||
| TruBridge, Inc. | Amy K. O'Keefe | Healthcare | ||
| United Bankshares, Inc. | Dr. Sara DuMond MD | Financial Services | ||
| Unitil Corporation | Jane R. Lewis-Raymond | Utilities | ||
| Univest Financial Corporation | Anne Vazquez | Financial Services | ||
| Upstream Bio, Inc. | Daniella Beckman | Healthcare | ||
| Valmont Industries, Inc. | Deborah H. Caplan | Industrials | ||
| Verizon Communications Inc. | Caroline Litchfield | Communication Services | ||
| VirTra, Inc. | Maria R. Gervais | Technology | ||
| WeRide Inc. | Ms. Huiping Yan | Consumer Cyclical | Asian / Pacific Islander |