Career-minded women enjoy working at this health care system, where 67% of leaders (and 39% of corporate executives) are female. To strengthen their candidacy for top jobs, high-potential managers may attend the Scripps Leadership Academy, which exposes them to new business ideas and innovations and helps them make lasting professional connections. Something’s obviously working: Women earned 76% of all promotions here in 2011, with six of them named to the newly created position of corporate vice president. Up to $7,000 in scholarships and tuition reimbursements are available to each employee annually.

President & CEO: Chris Van Gorder

Corporate Senior VP, HR, Innovation & Performance Management: Vic Buzachero

% of senior managers who are women: 66%

% of corporate executives who are women: 39%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 74%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 39%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: Not Applicable

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 15%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 50%