Since 2016, Boardbound by Women’s Leadership Foundation has partnered with Colorado CEOs and board directors to add women and women of color to their corporate boards. CEOs have hosted annual gatherings of peers to highlight the economic benefits to companies with gender balanced boards and to share lessons learned on how to build strong diverse boards. “We are very proud of the commitment of our Colorado CEOs and board directors, who are leading the way by adding women who bring new perspectives and impressive backgrounds to strengthen their boards, ensuring Colorado’s continued economic growth,” said Gloria Zamora, director of Boardbound.
Gender balanced boards are half women, or one more or one less when there are an odd number of board positons.
Akerna, Crocs, Summit Material and RE/MAX are especially noteworthy because their Named Executive Officers, as well as their board of directors, are gender-balanced.
“We don’t need to just talk about the importance of women in leadership positions, we need to demonstrate that it’s important. Two of our four C-Suite executives are female, over 40% of our board is female and even at the network level we’re close to 50/50 in terms of agents and franchise ownership. RE/MAX is a business that builds businesses and we’re proud our model has fostered the growth of more women entrepreneurs and business owners over the years. Leaders should reflect and represent the communities they serve so the more we see various groups represented, the better for us all.”