Letter from the President

Census Highlights

Women corporate directors and executive officers

The 2015 Minnesota Census of Women in Corporate Leadership examines the percentage of women in leadership roles at the 100 largest publicly held companies headquartered in Minnesota as ranked by 2014 net revenue.

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X Minnesota’s largest 100 public companies reported a net increase both in women corporate directors (five) and women executive officers (12) in 2015.

The percentage of women directors (15.5 percent) and executive officers (19.4 percent) are the highest recorded in Minnesota in the last eight years and reflect significant gains over 2014.

In 2015, 52 of Minnesota’s 100 largest publicly held companies had women corporate directors and women executive officers, an increase of four companies from 2014. Although encouraging, it’s important to note that in 2008, 63 companies had both women directors and executive officers.

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X The number of women directors of color increased to 21 across 19 Minnesota companies.

Minnesota companies reporting higher annual revenue are more likely than smaller companies to have women represented in both the boardroom and the executive suite, consistent with national trends.

Companies with a net increase in women in 2015 tend to be those that already have women on their boards and in their executive offices.

Twenty of Minnesota’s 100 largest publicly held companies have no women directors or executive officers in 2015, the same number as 2014. This remains the highest number of companies in the Census’s history with no women in corporate leadership roles.

ABOUT THE CENSUS

The report is produced by St. Catherine University with research from the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program and is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable (MWER)

St. Catherine University would like to thank the following sponsors of the 2015 Minnesota Census of Women in Corporate Leadership: