In 2011, 71% of the employees who participated in job rotations at Starcom MediaVest Group were women. The experience broadened their skill set across a variety of functions and helped improve their odds of advancement.

Women comprise 70% of this media agency’s workforce and represent 50% of its highest earners and top executives with profit-and-loss responsibility. In addition to CEO Laura Desmond, prominent leaders include Lisa Donohue, CEO of Starcom USA (an agency brand with an estimated $10.3 billion in annual billings), and Monica Gadsby, CEO of Multicultural/Latin America (a brand worth approximately $1 billion in billings per year). Women also represent the majority of executives leading the agency’s 18 client businesses or specialty groups with revenues over $500 million. executive coaching and mentoring accelerate the upward trajectory of high-potential employees.

CEO: Laura Desmond

Executive VP, Director, Global Talent: Barbara Jobs

% of senior managers who are women: 62%

% of corporate executives who are women: 47%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 48%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 52%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 100%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 36%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 33%