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Last Event: The 2011 New York Census
Nov. 3, 2011 | 7:30-9:30 a.m. | NY, NY
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2011 New York Census
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  WECNY and Columbia Business School
  Women’s Executive Circle of New York (WECNY) has collaborated with Columbia Business School to help improve the standing of women in business leadership positions.  Together, we have conducted a series of quantitative research studies that evaluates the state of women in executive positions in the top 100 public companies headquartered in NY. The most recent study, the third in a series of annual reports, 2011 New York Census: The State of Women Business Leaders In New York, will be made available to the NY business community and state and city legislators and policymakers.

View the 2011 New York Census: The State of Women Business Leaders In New York.

  WECNY's Top 25
 

We looked at NY's 100 largest publicly traded companies and identified the Top 25 - companies with at least 20% women board directors and executive officers.

Our data reveals generally that although some progress has been made, women remain an untapped resource in NY boardrooms and executive suites. View our full study to see which companies made the Top 25 and how they distinguished themselves for diversifying corporate leadership. Click to view census.

 

 

 
 
 2011 New York Census Results

Board Directors and Executive Officers:

Women hold 15.9% of board director and executive officer positions in New York’s 100 largest public companies.
Board seats held by women increased 0.2% since 2008.
Overall, women hold less than 12% of executive officer positions (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, and GC).

Changes over Time:

Women serving on boards of directors increased from 15.6% to 17.2% since 2006.
Women in executive positions decreased from 11.9% in 2006 to 10.9% in 2008, then increased to 11.7% in 2010.
 In the News
 
WECNY's Kate Waters on the WCBS Opening Bell Report, November 2011
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Women Hold Few Top Jobs at N.Y. Firms - The Wall Street Journal, October 2011
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New Research from Heidrick & Struggles, WomenCorporateDirectors, and Dr. Boris Groysberg Reveals Sharp Differences between Men and Women in the Boardroom - October 2010
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