At State Farm, female contenders for leadership positions take on challenging assignments, continuing education and job rotations that help to advance their abilities.

Top 10. With the recent launch of the career development website State Farm University, this insurance company gave its employees a centralized location tHRough which they could engage in virtual training seminars, arrange to obtain industry certifications and licensing and apply for tuition reimbursement for job-related college courses (worth up to $5,250 annually). Women who are looking to refine their leadership skills participate in the company’s 194 employee resource groups or take advantage of its myriad mentoring opportunities, which help them accelerate their professional growth, manage the arc of their careers and navigate different cultures and generations.

Chairman & CEO: Edward Rust, Jr.

VP, HR: Mary Schmidt

% of senior managers who are women: 40%

% of corporate executives who are women: 34%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 34%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 35%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 38%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 22%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 23%