Johnson & Johnson’s Crossing the Finish Line program educates multicultural women and their supervisors about how to overcome barriers to advancement and accelerate their careers; in 2011, the program’s offerings doubled.

Top 10. Embodying diversity at its highest levels is essential to this health care company, where business units create action plans to help retain and promote female employees, and 1,000-plus women have taken part in leadership programs designed for them in the last 12 years. In addition to the sponsorship that senior executives often provide, noteworthy offerings include a customized Smith College Women in R&D program, which helps female managers and directors in the company’s Ethicon franchise develop business and leadership competencies; and the Rutgers Executive Leadership Program for director-level women, who benefit from coaching and training sessions, workshops and discussions.

Chairman & CEO: Alex Gorsky

VP, HR: Peter Fasolo

% of senior managers who are women: 31%

% of corporate executives who are women: 23%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 33%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 25%

% 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: 13%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 25%