Whatever their goals may be, women who work at this academic medical center can obtain them by pursuing up to 18 college credits per year, all on their employer’s dime. In 2011, nearly 1,000 workers took advantage of this offering, with the center paying many of their costs up front, saving them the out-of-pocket expense. Among those who have benefited? Director of radiology Sharon Gibbs, whose master’s degree has taken her all the way from a position as technician to the head of one of the center’s largest revenue-producing departments. Early in her career, Gibbs also received a scholarship to attend development courses at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, as four managers do each year.

CEO: Sheldon Retchin, MD

Chief HR Officer: Maria Curran

% of senior managers who are women: 29%

% of corporate executives who are women: 48%

% of promotions to manager, senior manager and corporate executive positions that went to women: 76%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 49%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 48%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 60%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 33%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 24%

% of female workforce participating in mentoring: 4%