Report Finds Little Change in Diversity on Corporate Boards

Recent study, "Women and Minorities on Fortune 100 Boards", showed little progress over two years in bringing diversity to the boardrooms of America’s leading corporations. According to the report, white men still held a disproportionate share of board director seats. It also noted that white men realized a net gain of 21 seats as compared with a net gain of three for all women and minority men.

The Alliance for Board Diversity conducted the study. The Alliance for Board Diversity is a collaboration of three leadership organizations— Catalyst, The Executive Leadership Council®, and the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility—that have joined forces to support the business case for inclusion of women and minorities on corporate boards.