Nurses who choose to work at Yale–New Haven Hospital after years out of the workforce are eligible for an 18-class refresher program with free tuition.

Moms thrive at this New Haven, CT, teaching hospital, which carefully customizes its work/life offerings for every rung on the ladder. To ensure that all parents have ample access, it keeps its on-site child care open from 6:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. year-round, with a 5% match on pretax dependent-care accounts to help workers pay for it. Parents can apply for up to $10,000 in loans to cover their kids’ college tuition; and if parents themselves yearn to study, they may request $4,000 in annual tuition reimbursements ($3,000 for part-timers). Anyone settling in New Haven can tap a forgivable home loan of $10,000, plus a $200 monthly subsidy if the home is in any of four neighborhoods near the hospital.

President & CEO: Marna Borgstrom

Senior VP, HR: Kevin Myatt

Women managers/execs: 68%

Women among top earners: 73%

Women on board of directors: 32%

Women corporate executive hires in 2008: 0%

Women participating in management or leadership training in the past year: 9%

Women participating in formalized executive succession planning last year: 48%

Formal compensation policies reward managers who help women advance: Yes