Dedicated RNs can go far at this health-care organization. Under a brand-new Clinical Nurse Leader program, high-potential women interested in careers as patient-care experts are eligible for fully paid master’s degrees at the University of West Georgia; others can improve their prospects by completing the four levels of the system’s Clinical Advancement program, or pursuing a fellowship in emergency, critical and medical/surgical care. Nurses, doctors and physician assistants take advantage of on-site business and leadership courses as part of the system’s collaboration with Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business. Continuing education is widely available to other employees.

President & CEO: Reynold Jennings

Executive VP, HR/Organizational Learning: David Anderson

% of senior managers who are women: 58%

% of corporate executives who are women: 48%

% of promotions to manager, senior manager and corporate executive positions that went to women: 87%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 66%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 47%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 25%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 25%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 12%

% of female workforce participating in mentoring: 4%