Smart succession planning makes all the difference at this health benefits company, where 57% of managers and executives are female, including the presidents and general managers of its Kentucky, New Hampshire and Ohio state plans. As 55% of the senior leaders who are enrolled in the company’s elite development program, executive Excellence, and 53% of those at the director level and above in its executive Preparation offering, women are able to get the kind of training and exposure that help them smoothly transition into leadership positions. Job rotations and stretch assignments allow them to further improve their financial knowledge.

Interim President & CEO: John Cannon

Executive VP & Chief HR Officer: Randy Brown

% of senior managers who are women: 45%

% of corporate executives who are women: 36%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 45%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 27%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 32%

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

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 45%