Earthlink, Inc (Nasdaq: ELNK), headquartered in Georgia, appointed Susan Bowick to its Board of Directors. Susan, a former Executive of Hewlett-Packard Company, has served as a Consultant to several global technology companies. Read more about it in the prnewswire press release on cnnmoney.com.
Basin Water (Nasdaq: BWTR), headquartered in California, appointed Susan Hegarty Snow to its Board of Directors. Susan is a former CFO of Maxim Systems Inc. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release.
TCW Energy Partners LLC, headquartered in California, appointed Sarah Slusser to its Board of Directors. Sarah, who holds an MBA from Yale, is a Senior Vice President at AES Corporation. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release. (Image borrowed from yale.edu.)
Actuant (NYSE: ATU), headquartered in Wisconsin, appointed Holly Van Deursen to its Board of Directors. Holly is a former Group Vice President at BP plc. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release. (Image borrowed from pgs.com.)
Cheapflights Ltd, headquartered in Boston and London, appointed Liane Hornsey to its Board as a non-executive Director. Liane is Google's Director of People Operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release. (Image borrowed from article about Liane on personneltoday.com.)
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD), headquartered in California, appointed Laura Brege to its Board of Directors. Laura is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release on pharmalive.com.
Twenty women were appointed to Corporate Boards of Directors in April as reported on NewsonWomen.com. This is higher than the number appointed last month, but less than the total appointed in April 07. The reason for a decrease in appointments is open to interpretation with theories ranging from an economic slowdown to a lack of interest in putting women on boards. Elizabeth Ghaffari of ChampionBoards.com discusses the "Texas Theory" in her analysis which shows there are several factors that can influence the numbers. Read Elizabeth's analysis on championboards.com. May seems to be starting off well with seven appointments in the first week (four posted and I have three more to post). We will continue it follow it closely.
Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), headquartered in Maryland, appointed Mary K. Bush to its Board of Directors. Mary is President of Bush International. Read more about Mary's career in the prnewswire press release. (Image borrowed from clintonglobalinitiative.org.)
Health Systems Solutions Inc, headquartered in New York, appointed Dr. Kathryn Bowles, PhD, to its Board of Directors. Kathryn is an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Informatics Minor at Unversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release. (Image borrowed from upenn.edu.)
Vyteris Inc, headquartered in New Jersey, appointed Susan Guerin to its Board of Directors. Susan is SVP and CFO at Sun Chemical Corporation. Read more about it in the Business Wire press release. Image borrowed from Susan's executive bio on sunchemical.com.
