Ghaffari, Elizabeth.

Outstanding in their field : how women corporate directors succeed / Elizabeth Ghaffari ; foreword by Toni Rembe. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, c2009. - xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-237) and index.

Overview : women and corporate boards -- Mothers Teresa : the nonprofit path. Director profile : Gayle Edlund Wilson ; Director profile : Andrea L. Rich -- Politicians : the government path. Director profile : Linnet Frazier Deily ; Director profile : Linda Griego ; Director profile : Sally K. Richardson -- Les belles lettres : the academic path. Director profile : Alice Bourke Hayes ; Director profile : Mary S. Metz -- Angels and venturers : the investment path. Director profile : Leslie Myers Frécon ; Director profile : Donna Frame Tuttle ; Director profile : Deborah Ann Coleman -- Hans Solos : the entrepreneurial path. Director profile : Judith L. Estrin ; Director profile : Lucille S. Salhany -- Ladder climbers : the corporate path. Director profile : Janet Morrison Clarke ; Director profile : Judith M. Runstad ; Director profile : Kathleen A. Cote -- Conclusion : quo vadis? -- Appendix 1: Fortune 1000 companies based in California with women directors, 2007 -- Appendix 2: Women directors on Fortune 1000 companies based in California, 2007.

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Women executives.
Boards of directors.
Corporate governance.
Leadership in women.
Women directors of corporations.

HD6054.3 / .G43 2009

658.422082 / GHA