It’s smart to invest in a career at this financial services and insurance company, where women benefit from a wealth of mentoring and leadership programs, a dedicated network for female leaders and informative panels and presentations. Working here can enrich employees on multiple levels, and women recently earned 35% of the company’s highest salaries while also comprising more than 40% of those receiving tuition aid (worth $5,250 annually for undergraduate or graduate courses). Exemplary executives include Catherine S. Brune and Katherine Mabe, the field presidents of the East and West territories, who oversee total sales.

Chairman, President & CEO: Thomas Wilson

Executive VP & Chief Administrative Officer: Jim DeVries

% of senior managers who are women: 28%

% of corporate executives who are women: 31%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 35%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 29%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 25%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 33%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 27%