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Karen Pallarito
2005 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Allstate Insurance Company
American Express Company
Bank of America
Citigroup
DuPont
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Lincoln Financial Group
Marriott International, Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc.
Patagonia, Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
Prudential Financial
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
It's quite an honor roll. To qualify as a Hall of Fame inductee, a
company must have been named to the 100 Best for 15 years or more and
appear on the 2005 Working Mother 100 Best. This year, ten of the 15
firms we honor have won recognition 16 or more times. And IBM and
Johnson & Johnson have made the 100 Best every year since its
launch 20 years ago. We salute the 15 men and women spotlighted here
and their companies for creating—and often championing—policies that
make it possible for working moms to achieve success at work and at
home.
Allstate Insurance Company
15 years
Joan Crockett, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Some 20 years ago, a young woman seeking Joan's advice about getting
ahead in the company confided that she was facing a critical decision:
family or career. It turned out to be a profound moment in Joan's own
career, one that she remembers to this day. "You don't have to choose,"
she recalls telling the woman. "Men don't sit back and say, 'Will I
have a family or will I have a career?' They would do both, and women
should be able to do both, too." Her reaction was based on growing up
with three brothers and knowing the choice wouldn't occur to them. Joan
works to make that a reality. With the opening of an on-site child-care
center in 1997, women employees could be assured that their children
were in good hands. While Joan doesn't have children of her own, the
value of that program is obvious to her. "If we don't take care of our
employees," she wonders aloud, "how can we expect them to take care of
our customers?"
American Express Company
16 years
Louise Parent, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
She's been at the forefront of work/life advances at American Express
for nearly a decade.
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