At Hallmark HQ, elder-care speakers educate sandwich-generation staffers on important aging-related topics, from Alzheimer’s to Medicaid benefits.

Family comes in all shapes and sizes, a fact acknowledged by this acclaimed company’s greeting cards—and its employee benefits. To support new parents, the company offers 26 weeks of job-guaranteed leave, with a $3,500 benefit if they adopt. “Hallmark puts adoption within reach of those who can’t afford it,” raves project manager Wendy Folger, who used the money to help bring home her two daughters. Workers with young children at the Kansas City, MO, company can access eight near-site child-care centers and childcare resource and referral, and two days of backup care are free each year.

President & CEO: Donald Hall, Jr.

Work-life Consultant: Amy Winterscheidt

Women managers/execs: 63%

Women among top earners: 43%

Women on board of directors: 13%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 35%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 60%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 6%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No