Sentences with phrase «of women directors in»

Jill Soloway is seen in this photo from the new documentary «Half the Picture «about the scarcity of women directors in Hollywood.

And for me I was wanting to comment on this space of work, where there seemed to be this really large body of certain filmmaking that was coming out of comedy and there's not a ton of women directors in comedies or at all.

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Theresia Gouw, once a partner with Accel Partners, and Fonstad, formerly managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, founded Aspect Ventures; Aileen Lee left Kleiner Perkins to launch seed fund Cowboy Ventures; Gilt Groupe's former CEO Susan Lyne hatched AOL's BBG (Built by Girls) Ventures; serial entrepreneur Anu Duggal launched the Female Founders Fund with the express purpose of investing in women.

Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

Instead, we're very focused on the sacrifices,» Jennifer Allyn, managing director in the office of diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers has said, chiding high - achieving women in particular to stop beating themselves up and start counting their blessings.

The show follows in the footsteps of Ava DuVernay's OWN series «Queen Sugar,» which also exclusively put women in the director's chair.

After working as a director and senior merchant at Victoria's Secret, Michelle Cordeiro Grant wanted to create a new experience and point of view in the lingerie category, one that delivers simple, quality products and reflects the healthy, confident, and beautiful women wearing them.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiWomen and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiwomen leaders in business.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

«This has enormous promise in changing the way we do mental health care as well as medical care,» says David Ahern, director of behavioral informatics and e-health at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Comparing full - time, year - round workers, women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn, said Dana Britton, director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University in Newark, women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn, said Dana Britton, director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University in Newark, Women and Work at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J..

Yet somehow, in the U.S., large public companies can't seem to seem to make any progress at all in getting more women onto their boards of directors.

Income tax is likely the last thing on your mind as the holiday season kicks in, but now is perhaps the best time to start strategizing for your 2015 return, said Manisha Thakor, CFA, director of Wealth Strategies for Women at Buckingham and The BAM Alliance.

In this edition of the CB Elevator Pitch, editor James Cowan argues that companies need to work harder to recruit women for boards of directors.

After observing dozens of board meetings over the last fifteen years and interviewing hundreds of directors, the dialogue and behavior changes with women in boardrooms.

«In our celebrity focused culture, a young star like Emma Watson has the power to amplify important social messages,» says Katie Hood, a senior fellow at Duke University who teaches a «Women as Leaders» course and who recently became executive director of the anti-domestic violence One Love Foundation.

The Time's Up Women of Color committee, which includes director Ava DuVernay and television mogul Shonda Rhimes, asked on Monday that the music industry cut ties with the hit singer and songwriter while also seeking support for the #MuteRKelly movement that was started in 2017.

In July, American Apparel appointed the first two women to its board of directors after its now ousted CEO got caught up in a sexual harassment scandaIn July, American Apparel appointed the first two women to its board of directors after its now ousted CEO got caught up in a sexual harassment scandain a sexual harassment scandal.

«If you see a colleague being sexually harassed, or hear comments about women that are demeaning or derogatory, say something in that moment,» Noreen A. Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, tells CNBC Make It.

She is a board of directors member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Women in Lodging.

As the Founding Program Director of the WiTNY Initiative, she's a recognized leader in facilitating the participation of young girls and women in technology careers.

«Women make the majority of purchase decisions for almost every product category in the marketplace, and that includes automotive, electronics, and insurance,» says Kat Gordon, founder and Creative Director of Maternal Instinct, a marketing agency focused on helping brands connect with the mom market.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cWoman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cwoman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Kirstine Stewart was the first woman to hold the position of Executive Vice-President of CBC's English services — often called the most powerful job in Canadian broadcasting — and was the first Managing Director of Twitter Canada, leading Canadian operations as well as advertising business and partnerships.

Last year, women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & Women in Television & Film.

Working in a generally patriarchal business environment in Uganda, Kyusa's executive director, Noeline Kirabo, displayed an assertive demeanor that stood out from the norm of women being followers, not leaders.

«Sexism is one of the most socially accepted forms of discrimination and a pervasive disease in the film and television business,» the founders of Shit People Say to Women Directors said in an email to Fortune.

«Women are Japan's great underused asset,» says Hitoshi Masusa, the former director of governmental and technology agency located in Tokyo.

Today, International Women's Day, brings news that progress in the boardroom remains feeble: 10 % of directors» seats worldwide are held by women, according to a new reWomen's Day, brings news that progress in the boardroom remains feeble: 10 % of directors» seats worldwide are held by women, according to a new rewomen, according to a new report.

Green joined Rebecca Minkoff, co-founder and creative director of Rebecca Minkoff and Fortune's Michal Lev - Ram at the Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to discuss the future of retail brands.

-- By Shaleena Chanrai, co-founder and art director of Bella Kinesis, a sportswear brand that helps fund business education for women in rural India through customer purchases.

«We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,» Janette Wipper, a Department of Labor regional director, said during her testimony in April.

Nearly one - third of new Fortune 500 directors appointed in 2014 were women.

Their first test case is in support of a small business owner named Melanie Kohler, one of the first #MeToo women to post allegations of assault against director Brett Ratner.

Director Jonathan Levine («The Wackness,» «The Night Before») and screenwriter Katie Dippold (2016's «Ghostbusters») were obviously going for an edgy «mom - com,» in which the men are idiots and a story of self - discovery is at the core (Emily helps Ecuadorian women form a human chain to take water from a well, which brings her to an aha moment).

«Part of it is just a matter of responding to an overly crowded market in terms of women's fashion,» explains James Smerdon, director of retail consulting at Colliers.

Gouw and Fonstad are two of the highest - profile women in the venture capital industry, with Gouw having been a partner at Accel and Fonstad a managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

The number of FTSE 100 women executive directors almost doubled from 2011 - 15 but was still fewer than one in 10.

«McDonald's action falls far short of what is needed to make sure fast food jobs provide a decent living for the men and women who work in them,» Christine Owen, executive director of NELP, said in a statement.

«The extra reward you get in the form of higher yields from stretching on maturity will come back to haunt you should inflation trend upwards faster than expected,» said financial advisor Manisha Thakor, director of wealth strategies for women at The BAM Alliance.

Publicly traded companies with male - only executive directors missed out on # 430bn of investment returns last year, the accountancy firm Grant Thornton found in its report, Women in business: the value of diversity.

In chapters composed of approximately 20 accomplished women entrepreneurs, women presidents, from diverse industries and backgrounds, address business concerns in a roundtable format and function as an informal board of directors for their businesseIn chapters composed of approximately 20 accomplished women entrepreneurs, women presidents, from diverse industries and backgrounds, address business concerns in a roundtable format and function as an informal board of directors for their businessein a roundtable format and function as an informal board of directors for their businesses.

At The Vancouver Board of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's history.

VBOT becomes only major business organization in Canada with more women than men on its board of directors

We look forward to a partnership where UN Women and Uber will drive more access to these types of opportunities around the world,» UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said in a joint statement.

He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to education.

Store associates from around the world, home office colleagues, members of the Walmart board of directors and Walmart senior leaders watched as McMillon was recognized for his significant leadership role in supporting the strategies of the Women's Economic Empowerment team and Walmart's role in launching the Women Owned Logo across Walmart globally.

One Danish female director talked about this: «There is very much the attitude in Denmark now, which is «haven't we talked about this issue of women on boards enough now?

In an interview with USA TODAY following the meeting, Jackson said he stressed the need for Uber to hire more women and underrepresented minorities at all levels of the company, from the board of directors and the executive team to rank - and - file workers.

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