Understanding the Facts ION Reports
March 2008
February 2007
February 2006
December 2004

News
ION collaborates with POWER^® for the September 25th conference in Philadelphia. Click here for more information.

Moore, Heidi. "Boards are from Mars" Wall Street Journal March 11, 2008, Page C3
OR-See Blog for same article and comment

Women Scarce Among Top Compensated Executive Officers, ION Report Finds
March 4, 2008

ION adds Financial Women's Association of New York and The Central Exchange, Kansas City Expanding to Ten

Vote Your Proxy to Influence Board Composition, Most Women Don't - ION Develops Shareholders Guide Click here for survey graphs

Groundbreaking study finds that three women constitute a critical mass on a corporate board
October 26, 2006

Articles
"Women Investors Slow to Use Proxies to Change Board Composition" Corporate Board Member Magazine On-Line. January 30, 2008. Click here to see article on the Corporate Board Member Magazine website.

Valenti, Alix. "A new glass ceiling in the boardroom?" Directors & Boards. 3rd Quarter 2007: page 20.

Wolfman, Toni G. "The Face of Corporate Leadership: Finally Poised for a Change?"
New England Journal of Public Policy. Spring 2007 View the PDF of this article.

Kramer, Vicki W., Konrad, Alison M., Erkut, Sumru and Hooper, Michele J.
"Critical Mass on Corporate Boards: Why Three or More Women Enhance Governance"
Directors Monthly. February 2007: page 20-22. View the PDF of this article.

Konrad, Alison M. and Vicki W. Kramer. "How Many Women Do Boards Need?"
Harvard Business Review. December 2006:page 22

Clark, Hannah. "Are Women Happy Under the Glass Ceiling?"
www.forbes.com. 8 Mar. 2006 (requires free registration to view)

Francis, Cheryl. "Women on Boards: The Number May Be Shrinking."
Directorship Magazine. February/March 2007:page 34

Hoffmann, David H. and Hendrickson, Alexandra. "Driving Diversity in the Boardroom."
CEO Magazine. December 2006:page 43-46

Wolfman, Toni G. "Pay It Forward, Change the Face of Business."
Boston Women's Business. July 2006

Websites
www.conference-board.org/
www.wcwonline.org/w-main.html
www.directorscouncil.com/Index.htm
www.catalystwomen.org/

Recommended Reading:
Kramer, V.W., Konrad, A.M., & Erkut, S. (2006).Critical mass on corporate boards: Why three or more women enhance governance.(Wellesley Centers for Women, Report No WCW 11). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women.
Article available through Wellesley website.

Helfat, Constance E, Harris, Dawn, and Wolfson, Paul J. "The Pipeline to the Top: Women and Men in the Top Executive Ranks of U.S. Corporations."
Inside Loyola OnLine December 2006
More about this study can be found here.

Branson, Douglas M. No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom.
New York: New York University Press, 2007
More about this book can be found here.