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These Women are Worth Watching… James R. Rector
and so are the organizations that employ them.
PUBLISHER
John Murphy
MANAGING EDITOR
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Cheri Morabito
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Every year we publish a special edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal that features more than a hundred women worth watching. We showcase them precisely because they are an inspiration to other women. These individuals have risen to positions of responsibility that reflect their education, managerial competence, passion, and leadership. As much as we applaud their achievements, there is a corollary to their success. Each works for an organization that not only values diversity but also delivers on the promise to advance the careers of women they employ. These individual women are, in many ways, trailblazers. So, too, are the companies they work for.
One only need look to Catalyst, a fine organization with an extensive body of research relating to women in executive positions to see that much work still needs to be done. It would, indeed, be a pleasure to someday find no need whatsoever to showcase women in high places. Wouldn’t it be great if that were so common it was hardly worth mentioning? We’re not there yet, but as these women can attest, progress is being made. So as you read each woman’s mentoring essay, we hope you’ll find encouragement and direction for your own career. But also take note of the corporate profile shown on each page. Perhaps at one of these more progressive companies is where your career will really take off.
Congratulations to this year’s class of Women Worth Watching!
John Murphy Managing Editor
Damian Johnson
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Jason Bice
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