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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Ghaffari, Elizabeth. Outstanding in their field. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, c2009 (OCoLC)564729206 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth Ghaffari |
| ISBN: | 9780313375842 0313375844 |
| OCLC Number: | 316099023 |
| Description: | xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Elizabeth Ghaffari ; foreword by Toni Rembe. |
Abstract:
Identifies specific steps a woman can take to become qualified and competent to serve at the very top - as a director on a for-profit corporate board. This book presents the six paths into the boardroom - nonprofit, academic, government, entrepreneurship, investment, and corporate - profiling women directors who followed each of the six paths.
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"Each chapter closes with one woman's advice, providing encouragement and perspective from over three decades of practical experience with public company boards." - Washington State Bar Association
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