In 2008, TriHealth bumped its annual tuition aid to $5,000 from $3,000 for full-time employees and upped it to $3,000 from $2,000 for part-time workers.

Summer is a blast for kids whose moms work at this Cincinnati-based health-care organization, where on-site camps offer cooking, sports and science lessons when school’s out. Little ones ages 6 weeks to 5 years enjoy year-round access to a child-care center next to Bethesda North Hospital, which (like several other local centers) provides employee discounts. If children fall ill, moms can arrange to have caregivers stay home with them for just $2.50 per hour. Some moms may even be able to stay home themselves, since 75% of all nursing units offer self-scheduling and 15% of the staff are permitted to work as few or as many hours as they like. TriHealth has also begun offering pretax savings accounts preloaded with $1,200.

President & CEO: John Prout

Chief HR Officer: Walter McLarty

Women managers/execs: 81%

Women among top earners: 79%

Women on board of directors: 25%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 33%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 100%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 85%

Women promoted last year who utilized a formal flexible work arrangement: 50%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: Yes