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June07 Favorite Women and Other Outstanding Appointments

June 07 was an amazing month of important appointments for women. Susan Decker leads the way as she was made President of Yahoo! Susan was the number one search on Newsonwomen.com in June. Claire Babrowski was in our top three as she became the Chief Operating Officer of Toys "R" Us. A number of other major appointments like Sullivan to CEO of Talbot's, Pope to President, NBC Universal Television Studio, Allen to Chief Marketing Officer of Dunkin' Donuts, Campbell to GC at Staples, Reich to CFO at United Stationers, Granoff to EVP at Liz Claiborne, Smyth to Controller at United Technologies, Soranno to EVP at American Express as well as the three women appointed Corporate Officers at GE, make this a month to remember. And there is more! Blackstone made Solotar Head of Public Market Activities and Federated Investors made Startari Head of Global Equity Trading. I could go on but you should scroll down yourself and read about more of the amazing women appointed to great jobs in June.

May,07 Favorite Women

Interest in women CEO's was strong in May with Ellen Alemany, CEO of RBS America, and Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, our two top women searched for on Newsonwomen.com. Newsonwomen reported five women were appointed CFO's in May at major companies including ITT and Sharper Image. Other major companies putting women in important jobs in the month of May include Adobe, P& G, AXA Equitable, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Bank of America, La-Z-Boy and MTV.

Favorite Women for April 07

Cynthia Egan, appointed President of T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, was the number one search on newsonwomen.com in April. Wei Christianson, Head of China for Morgan Stanley, and Ellen Alemany, CEO of RBS America, round out the top three searches for the month. April saw a number of important appointments of women. The corporations making these appointments included Chevron, Fidelity, US Bancorp, Ford, Raytheon, Wachovia, Caterpillar, Volvo, Lifetime Entertainment, Gabelli, ING, Weyerhaeuser, Xerox and HP. Newsonwomen reported on five new CEO's and six new CFO's. Industries involved in all these appointments include finance, technology, media and manufacturing. Scroll through NewsonWomen.com and read about these amazing individuals.

Banking Rules for our Favorite Women in March 07

Ellen Alemany, the former Citigroup Executive named CEO of RBS America by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the woman most searched for on Newsonwomen.com in March 07. Women in Banking ruled in March with other important appointments including Lynn Pike (second most popular search for the month) to COO of the Banking Segment at Capital One, Dana Abraham to EVP at UMB Financial, Susan Soh to Partner at Perella Weinberg, and Laura Whitley to Business Banking President at Bank of America. President was the title of the day with over ten women made President of a company or a division of a company in March. Reader's Digest wins our employer of the month award for all the women execs appointed to powerful positions in that company in March including Mary Berner as CEO. Additional corporations putting women in important jobs in March included American Eagle Outfitters, GE, Cablevision, LSI Logic, Drugstore.com, Kodak, Chiquita Brands, Wrigley's, P&G, and Aeropostale. I am impressed!

February 07 Favorite Women

February was a short month, but many of our favorite women were given executive appointments by major corporations. Three women were made CEO's and several women made EVP's, SVP's and Vice Presidents. Corporations making these appointments in February included PepsiCo, Virgin USA, Walt Disney Internet Group, Lenovo, ConAgra, CIT, Wellpoint, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, H.J. Heinz, and Ingersoll Rand. A variety of industries were represented in these appointments, with some concentration in technology and media and marketing.

January07 - A New Year, A New Approach for Our Favorite Women

In 2007 we are adding to our five favorite women category companies making important appointments for women. January proved to be an interesting month with promotions and appointments in Finance and Media leading the way. Lisa Binder, appointed President of Associated Banc-Corp, was one of our top searches. Other financial companies promoting or appointing women in January included Capital One, First Republic and UBS Securities. I thought it was great to see Marge Magner (former CEO of Citigroup's Global Consumer Group) co-found a Private Equity Group. Media and Technology were also of particular interest to me with Joanna Shields made President International for Bebo, Susanne Bowen made CEO of mobile media Nellymoser, and Audrey Dunning made CEO for Summa Technologies. Clorox, General Electric, and American Airlines are some of the major corporations who promoted or appointed women to major positions this month. Much more can be found in the posts on Newsonwomen, so take a minute and review the month.

December a Month of Moving Up!

Our Favorite Women as of January 1,07 reflect the achievements of women in business in 2006, when women moved into CEO, CFO, EVP and other Senior positions at major companies across the board. Susan Decker, the CFO of Yahoo who was made Head of the Advertising and Publisher Group in a major reorganization at Yahoo, was our number one search. Wei Christianson, who was made Head of China for Morgan Stanley early in the year, was number two. Angela Ahrendts, who was made CEO of Burberry's during the year was number three. Other women were given added responsibility at major corporations in the month of December, including Cathie Lesjak at HP, Mary Jane Hellyar at Kodak, Gale Tedhams at Owens Corning, and Linda Gooden at Lockheed to name a few.

Looking back over 2006, Wei Christianson of Morgan Stanley was our most popular search having appeared in our top five searches eight out of the last twelve months. Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, was right behind her. Finance, Retailing and Technology were the industries most represented through the year on our favorite women list. Morgan Stanley had the highest concentration, with three different women appearing on the list over the twelve months. News Corp and GE followed with two each.

There are so many women who have achieved great success this past year, I hesitate to try and decide what were the most important events for women in business in 2006 posted on newsonwomen.com. So I send my congratulations to all of them, and to those about whose achievements we never heard. Looking forward to 2007, I can only repeat what I said the last time I reviewed our progress. I hope for more CEO and Board appointments for women in 2007, more startups and promotions, more job opportunities. I hope more young women study math and science, and women in education and the arts get more recognition. Let's get out there and do some tipping!

Happy New Year!

Favorite Women as of December 1,06

As the year draws to  a close, some familiar names stay at the top of our most searched for women on the Five Favorite Women List of Newsonwomen.com. Wei Christianson, Head of China for Morgan Stanley (pictured left - image borrowed from law.columbia.edu), moves back into the number one spot. Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, is the second most popular search. Christina Norman, President of MTV, Gretchen Carlson, one of the Women Anchors at Fox News, and Kay Krill, CEO of Ann Taylor, round out the top five. November saw a number of women move into the senior executive ranks of major corporations with more than ten women made Senior or Executive Vice Presidents, President, or CEO of a Division or a Company. These women work in a variety of industries including finance, technology, and retailing. Companies promoting or appointing women this month included Herbalife, Microsoft, Comcast, Daimler Chrysler and Saks. Read about their individual stories by scrolling through Newsonwomen.com.

The Women of Fox Lead the Way as of Nov1,06

The Women of Fox take the top two positions of our November1,06 list of the names searched for by viewers of NewsonWomen.com, with Martha MacCallum beating out Gretchen Carlson for the number one spot. CEO's of companies created additional interest with Kay Krill, CEO of Ann Taylor, Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, and Anne Stevens, the newly appointed CEO of Carpenter Technologies, all attracting readers.

In fact, six women were appointed as CEO's of major companies in the month of October. Women continued to rise up the ranks as 8 took over as President of Divisions for major companies or as President of the companies themselves; and seven women took over as CFO's at still more big name corporations. This, coupled with the record number of women appointed to Boards in October, makes October a month to remember and contines to feed my feeling that we are reaching a tipping point for women in business. So keep up the tipping by recommending women for executive jobs when you have the chance. (Statistics used for five favorite women are just a general indicator and are subject to errors like incorrect spelling.)

October 01, 06 Favorite Women, and a High Number of CFO's During September

Retailing was the business of choice this month with Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, and Kay Krill, CEO of Ann Taylor, topping our list of the five favorite women searched for on newsonwomen.com as of October 01, 06. Michele Burns, who was made CEO of Mercer Human Resource Consulting at Marsh and McLennan, takes the # 3 spot.

Martha MacCallum, Anchor at Fox News Channel (photo borrowed from her Fox News Bio),  joins this illustrious list for the first time at #4.

Our fifth place was taken up by Christina Norman, President of MTV, who always generates interest.

I also noticed this month a more than usual number of women being appointed to the CFO spot - I counted five in September vs two in August. Read about them on NewsonWomen.com. (Statistics used for five favorite women are just a general indicator and are subject to errors like incorrect spelling.)