Sentences with phrase «with women executives»

She is also a board director with The Lunch Project, which empowers communities to support school lunch programs in Tanzania, a board director with Women Executives, and an active member of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

«I've invested in 20 different entrepreneurial and mid-cap companies and I've made more money with the women executives.

Not exact matches

A Babson College study reported that in 1999, fewer than 5 percent of venture capital investments went to companies with a woman on the executive team.

Only two years later, in 2013, companies with a woman on the executive team were attracting 18 percent of venture investments.

With the appointment of Georgiadis, Mattel will add another woman to the small group of 27 female executives that steer Fortune 500 companies.

A parade of business executives broke ties with Trump on Wednesday, a day after he blamed white nationalists and counter-protesters in equal measure for the weekend clashes that left one woman dead.

Under Armour Chief Executive Kevin Plank said they are «particularly excited» about a global woman's campaign that features ballerina Misty Copeland and model Gisele Bündchen, which he claims «ignited a powerful new dialogue with our female consumer as we begin to bridge the gap between female athletes and athletic females.»

What's more, one of the women in the Equilar 100, Oracle's (orcl) Safra Catz, tied with her co-CEO, Mark Hurd, for the title of highest paid chief executive, raking in $ 53.2 last year, significantly boosting the women's average.

Businesses with a woman on the executive team are more likely to have significantly higher valuations in their last funding round — 49 percent higher.

In the US, for example, companies with at least one woman executive saw a return - on - assets of 8.6 percent.

Contact with women and ethnic minorities lessens unconscious bias, but since neither group is represented much in the upper echelons of business, it can be hard for executives to get that exposure — something not helped by the fact that many white, male higher - ups feel they don't know how to talk to younger women or minorities.

CNBC's Wilfred Frost reports the highlights from his conversation with Susie Huang, Morgan Stanley head of M&A, at the Morgan Stanley Executive Women's Conference.

As a busy Manhattan executive and workout guru, founder of the DB Method Erika Rayman wanted to create a product for women who were frustrated with doing boring exercises and never seeing any results.

Earlier in the day, Kasowitz sent a letter to Times executive editor Dean Baquet accusing the newspaper of publishing a «libelous article» with respect to a report, first published online on Wednesday evening, in which two women accused Trump of touching (and in one case kissing) them inappropriately in separate incidents.

Even among chief executive officers, women make just over 72 % of what male counterparts earn in weekly salary, according to data recently released by The Institute for Women's Policy Research to coincide with Equal Pay Day (Aprilwomen make just over 72 % of what male counterparts earn in weekly salary, according to data recently released by The Institute for Women's Policy Research to coincide with Equal Pay Day (AprilWomen's Policy Research to coincide with Equal Pay Day (April 12).

In an interview on CNN's «Reliable Sources» on Sunday, former Fox News personality Tamara Holder, who settled with Fox News after an executive allegedly tried to force her to perform oral sex on him, said Murdoch and Fox News «allowed abusive predators to prey on women who just wanted to work.»

Some of my female colleagues who are business executives shared with me the following three factors that hinder a woman's ability to advance in business:

In its 12th year, the three - week program matches women business leaders from countries ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe with some of the top female executives in the U.S..

Carlson «does have an inspiring message to these women around the world who are all dealing with these issues,» says Pattie Sellers, executive director of Fortune MPW Summits and Live Content.

In its 12th year, the program matches women business leaders from countries ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe with some of the top female executives in the U.S..

In its 12th year, the program matches women from countries ranging from Poland to Zimbabwe with some of the top female executives in the U.S..

In its 12th year, the three - week program matches women from countries ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe with some of the top female executives in the U.S..

The letter urges five overall guiding principles and 10 best practices in order to get more women into the field generally and leadership positions, including: getting executives and boards to make gender diversity a priority; establishing mentorship programs that connect women with life sciences executives; and doing a better job tracking where female talent goes within biopharma firms, among other suggestions.

Denise Feriozzi, deputy executive director for Emily's List, said that millennial women are a «hugely powerful group of voters,» and that the ad campaigns are specifically targeted toward building long - term support through brands and outlets that they identify with.

«Only a small portion of early - stage investment is going to women entrepreneurs, yet our data suggest that venture capital — funded businesses with women on the executive team perform better on multiple dimensions.

Businesses with a woman on the executive team are more likely to have higher valuations at both first and last funding (64 percent higher and 49 percent higher, respectively).

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.

Dow Jones studied more than 20,000 venture - backed companies over a five - year period and found that those companies with at least one woman executive were more likely to succeed than those with only men in leadership positions.

Meet and network with the WBEC PA - DE-sNJ corporate and government agency members, women business enterprise regional and national representatives, and learn about WBENC and WBEC's 2017 program initiatives, WBE National and Regional recognition opportunities, business development training, executive education programs and upcoming business opportunities.

The Executive Leadership Luncheon series links women business enterprises with women business executives, supplier diversity & purchasing professionals to gain access to opportunities and to build social & power networks.

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.

This interview with Cindy Whitehead, chief executive officer of the Pink Ceiling, which finances and supports innovations for women, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.

Among the women who joined us in 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmart.

She previously co-founded two woman - owned businesses and through her new company Real Wealth Real Health she works with founders, executives and management teams to integrate female leadership skills that build inclusive, dynamic and high performing company cultures.

Venture capital firms with women decision makers are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the executive team.

In 1999, the portion of venture capital deals that went to a startup with a woman on the executive team was just 5 percent.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

He joins a growing list of male investors and tech executives who recently lost their jobs or faced public shaming over sexual harassment scandals as more women come forward to report incidents — a trend experts say is reshaping how Silicon Valley deals with allegations of inappropriate behavior.

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Hackett, an executive producer of the Amazon series «The Man in the High Castle,» had previously declined to publicize specifics of the incident, but later said she felt compelled to come forward after a host of women went public with harassment and rape allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Unfortunately, the second panel «Integrating diversity into the mining system» was scheduled at a time that overlapped with the Women in Mining cocktail reception, said Tanya van Biesen, who spoke on the second panel and is executive director of Catalyst Canada, a non-profit that works to advance women in the workpWomen in Mining cocktail reception, said Tanya van Biesen, who spoke on the second panel and is executive director of Catalyst Canada, a non-profit that works to advance women in the workpwomen in the workplace.

This group of 15 women represents some of the talented executives and practitioner social media smarties that me or my team at TopRank Online Marketing have had the good fortune to work with, collaborate with on projects or meet (IRL or virtually).

Mr. Trudeau visited Washington on Monday with a cadre of cabinet ministers and several female business executives who participated in a roundtable on women entrepreneurs and business leaders.

We do this by matching thirty - six extraordinary women per year with purpose - driven, paid internships at leading aviation and space companies and organizations and with senior and executive level mentors.

RBC Vision Women's Leadership MSCI Canada Index ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positWomen's Leadership MSCI Canada Index ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positWomen's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positwomen leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positions.

Some of the male Uber executives present selected women to drink with.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A 2014 outing by a group of male and female Uber executives to a Korean karaoke bar where women with pinned numbers were selected by male guests has put a controversial member of the ride - hailing company's top ranks back in the spotlight.

In response to the startling statistics, the U.S. has seen an influx of venture capital firms founded by women to invest in startups with female executives.

Labouring the point she quips: «For example, you could target executive women under the age of 30 with no children, in middle management but who are seeking a promotion.»