The press release(s) states in part:
Methodology: To be named to the NAFE Top 30 Companies for Executive Women, companies with a minimum of two women on the board complete a comprehensive application that focuses on the number of women in senior ranks (compared to men and to the company population), including questions about the programs and policies which support women's advancement.
NAFE'S TOP 10:
1) Avon
2) Scholastic
3) Liz Claiborne
4) WellPoint
5) HP
6) Charming Shoppes
7) Kraft
8) The New York Times Company
9) IBM
10) Prudential Financial
The 2004 "NAFE Top 30 Companies for Executive Women" (listed alphabetically):
.Aetna, Hartford, CT
.Avon Products, New York, NY
.Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY
.Charming Shoppes, Bensalem, PA
.Compuware, Farmington Hills, MI
.DuPont, Wilmington, DE
.Fannie Mae, Washington DC
.Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, OH
.FleetBoston Financial, Boston, MA
.Kraft Foods, Northfield, IL
.Gannett Co. Inc, McLean, VA
.General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
.Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA
.IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY
.Liz Claiborne, Inc., North Bergen, NJ
.Marriott International, Inc., Washington, DC
.Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
.Nordstrom, Seattle, WA
.New York Times Company, New York, NY
.Office Depot, Delray Beach, FL
.PepsiCo, Purchase, NY
.Phoenix Companies, Hartford, CT
.Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
.Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
.Prudential Financial Inc, Newark, NJ
.Scholastic, New York, NY
.Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL
.Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
.WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
.Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT
Source: The National Association for Female
Read the full NAFE Press Release Top 30 and NAFE Press Release Top 30 Fact Sheet
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