| EDITOR’S NOTE
Accepting the honor
The Diversity Leader award recognizes communications excellence in the area of D&I. Winning companies utilize different technologies and mediums as a way to improve internal and external communication. * Diversity Leader award-winning companies denoted by this symbol: DL
This will be my second year editing Women Worth Watching issue. The longer I’ve been here the more I’ve realized the impact of this issue—on our magazine and staff, the women featured, and the diversity industry. Women featured within the past twelve years have moved on to bigger and better things—some are CEOs and in the C-suite and nearly all have advanced in their respective fields. I celebrate these women for being honored by their peers (each woman is nominated by a coworker or colleague) and having the confidence and time to accept the honor and complete the application. Women and girls have often been taught to push away accolades or honors, viewing them as arrogant, boastful, and immodest. I’d like to think these women in this issue not only graciously accept this honor, but are proud to be placed next to other successful, intelligent, and confident women. It truly is an expression of the female power and sisterhood alive in the world. Many magazines stop at the top—they highlight only the very influential, extremely wealthy, most celebrity, or highly powerful women. We give space to these women, but we also provide room to women that are moving up, haven’t received the recognition they deserve, or are less vocal or famous than their peers for whatever reason. We realize that women leaders of all kind need to be celebrated. There are far too few female leaders, so when they do break the glass ceiling, it is important to recognize them. We hope you enjoy this issue and come away from each essay with a lesson. More than anyone else, these essays are written to help young women and those just beginning their career. Men and women alike, though, and of all ages and places in their careers, can benefit from the mentoring advice of these Women Worth Watching. Congratulations! PDJ Grace Austin graceaustin@diversityjournal.com
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PROFILES IN DIVERSITY JOURNAL
July/August 2013
3M • Accenture • ADP, Inc. • Aflac American Institute for Managing Diversity Andrews Kurth LLP • Bank of the West BDO USA, LLP • Booz Allen Hamilton Caesars Entertainment Corporation Catalyst • Charles Schwab • Chevron Cincinnati Children’s Medical Hospital Center Cisco Systems • Citi • CSC • CVS Caremark Energizer • Ernst & Young LLP Fannie Mae • Ford and Harrison LLP General Electric • Gibbons P.C. Halliburton • Harris Corporation HCA Healthcare • Highmark Inc. Ingersoll Rand International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals JBK Associates • Jones Lang LaSalle KPMG • Kraft Foods Inc. Lewis and Roca LLP The Lifetime Healthcare Companies Lockheed Martin Corporation Moss Adams LLP • MWV National Grid • New York Life Nielsen • O’Melveny & Myers LLP PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PwC • Raytheon Company Rockwell Collins • Ryder System, Inc. Sandia National Laboratories Shell International Society for Human Resource Management Sodexo • Sparrow Health System Springboard Consulting LLC The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Thompson Hine LLP • TWI Inc. Union Bank, N.A. • UnitedHealth Group Vanguard • Verizon • Walgreen Co. Walmart Stores, Inc. WellPoint, Inc. • White & Case LLP