150 children use the on-site daycare at Boehringer Ingelheim USA.

Making its list debut, this pharmaceutical company offers great benefits that include 100% tuition reimbursement for job-related courses, which saved employees $7,597 on average last year. New birth moms get 16 job guaranteed weeks off, with at least six partially paid; every work site has a lactation room. A 20,000-square-foot child-care center at headquarters serves kids ages 6 weeks to 12 years, providing fulltime, part-time, backup and holiday care, plus summer camp. All told, 150 children enjoy use of the day-care center. About 90% of employees used flextime or telecommuted last year. The company has formal compensation policies to reward managers who help women advance; last year, women represented 36% of all managers and executives and 34% of its top earners. Also impressive, women hold 27% of its board of director seats.

CEO J. Martin Carroll

SVP, HR David W. Nurnberger

Women managers, senior managers and corporate execs 36%

Women among top earners 34%

Women on board of directors 27%

Women corporate executive hires in 2009 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year* 3%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year* 2%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work Not tracked  

Do formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance? Yes

*Percentages reflect number of women participants versus company’s total female workforce.