FINRA’s health advocate program helps employees and their immediate relatives resolve health insurance issues.

As the largest independent regulator of U.S. securities firms, this Washington, DC–based company operates 15 sites in three states with nearly 3,000 employees—so any child-care solution it offers must be widely available. To locate full-time care, parents can simply call FINRA’s resource and referral hotline to help them track down nurseries and day-care centers across the country. In emergencies, they can also turn to 4,000 facilities and 560 in-home care agencies, all of which offer backup care for less than $5 per hour. Should parents need more help for kids with special needs, or mental or emotional counseling for family members, they can contact a program that provides free confidential referrals. Primary caregivers receive 13 weeks of paid maternity or adoption leave, with a $4,000 benefit for the latter, and lactation rooms at seven sites enable employee moms to breastfeed.

CEO: Richard Ketchum

Senior VP, HR: Steve Jarrett

Women managers/execs: 39%

Women among top earners: 32%

Women on board of directors: 14%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 15%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: Not tracked

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 30%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: No