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February 4, 2005
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Latest Data of African Americans on Corporate Boards
50th anniversary of landmark Supreme Court
desegregation case
Brown v. Board of Education is sub-theme of two days
of Executive Leadership Council leadership events.
The Executive Leadership Council Institute for Leadership
Development & Research has compiled a census of the most
comprehensive data available of African Americans on corporate
boards. A briefing of the census data will
be held Thursday, February 17, 2005, from 9:30 – 10:30 AM in the
Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club, 529 14th
Street, NW.
The Institute’s
2004 Census of African-American
Directors on Fortune 500 Corporate Boards of Directors
benchmarks key findings related to African-American corporate
directors.
Census findings highlight:
Fortune 500 companies and industries with the highest and
lowest representation of African-American directors
- Geographic and regional trends
- Number and percentage of directors by Fortune rank
- Gender representation
- A listing of African-American directors on Fortune 500
boards
At the briefing, The Executive Leadership Council President Carl
Brooks and Institute Executive Director Dennis Dowdell, Jr. will
be joined by corporate leaders and Census researchers, Erika
Hayes James, Associate Professor of Leadership and
Organizational Behavior, the University of Virginia, Lynn Perry
Wooten, Clinical Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy &
International Business and Management & Organizations,
University of Michigan, and BP North America President Ross
Pillari to present findings. BP is founding sponsor of the
Institute.
The Census – which will be updated every two years – is the
latest metric in The Executive Leadership Council’s efforts to
help corporations assess corporate inclusion efforts and make
the business case for diversity.
Pro Mosaic
II, a diversity assessment tool developed by The Executive
Leadership Council, has been affirmed by corporate CEOs and used
by companies to benchmark diversity in five business and
leadership areas.
With more than 300 members representing some 200 companies, The
Executive Leadership Council is the nation’s premier
organization of the most senior African-American corporate
executives in Fortune 500 companies.
The
Institute for Leadership Development & Research is an Executive Leadership Council
initiative created to help African American high potential and
senior business executives achieve breakthrough performances in
global leadership. The full report will be available on The Executive Leadership Council
website at
www.elcinfo.com.
