Moms make their mark at this health care insurance company, where they comprise 66% of the participants in its rising talent program for high-potential managers. With its accelerated leadership development activities and mentoring sessions (not to mention the access it offers to senior executives), the program prepares them to ascend to the level of director. “The opportunities I received positioned me for a promotion and prepared me for the challenges of my new role,” says mom of three Cheryl Crupi, now a director of project delivery. Women also fill the majority of slots in the company’s key talent program, which develops senior-level leadership, and benefit from Blue Xchange, its formal mentoring initiative; they take extra career training courses through the in-house Blue University.

President & CEO J. Bradley Wilson

Senior VP, Chief HR Officer Fara Palumbo

Women managers/execs 65%

Women hires in 2011 74%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 8

Offers paid paternity leave? Yes

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 30%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 100%