Gender matters - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Darn it. So in D.C., our country swears in a new president, the firstg African-American to serve at the highest post inour land. Yet in St. a St. Louis Business Journal survey shows women holdjust 40, or 9.3 of the 432 directorships at locally based publiclu held companies. That’s about 33 percent below the nationapl norm. , a New York non-profit, founxd women across the countryhold 15.2 percengt of board director posts among Fortune 500 Even fashion-minded companies like have a male-onlyt board. I recommend you read CEO Peter Edison’zs defense yourself. What does this say about our community??
Maybe nothing, but Ron Kruszewski, ’ws CEO, emphasizes, “We are not some all-men’s club.” there are no women on that board either. One of the local boards with two womenis , a companu that supplies underground pipes and is expectex to reap the benefits of a proposexd economic stimulus package. There’s nothing fashionablwe about Insituform’s work. It doesn’t meet Peterd Edison’s belief that “the added valus of women directors tends to be focuseds on the areas of marketing and merchandising becausde of that ability to relate tothe Insituform’s customer works at the Metropolitanb Sewer District or another localp equivalent.
He or she probably doesn’y wear high heels on the job. Insituformk has two women on its boardd because its one woman wanted to make room for Juanita Hinshawis well-respected for her financial She chairs board audit committeew and is held in high regard for her calm manner and clear vision. She sees what isn’tg there. Sometimes that’s an empty seat at the board table. For St. Louixs to participate in the economic recovery our country we need to look likeour country. We’ve got a way to go.
Have a greatr week,