Twenty women were appointed to Corporate Boards in November as reported on NewsonWomen.com, dashing our upward trend from October when 24 women were appointed, but beating last year when 18 women were appointed to Boards in November08. Susan Lyne (pictured), CEO of online luxory retailer Gilt Groupe, will join two other women on the newly formed ten member AOL Board. Other major companies putting women on Boards in November included Nike, Skilled Healthcare Group, Carter's Inc, Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, American Pacific, Sterling Bancorp, and Allstate.
New annual surveys were released in November confirming a slight decline in the number of women appointed to Boards. The marginal changes reflected in the surveys are evidence that big changes in these numbers will require a big event. We just went through a major economic meltdown and significant government interventions and that didn't result in many women being catapulted into board positions, so I'm not sure what kind of event would be needed to make major changes in board gender statistics!
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