Women and the Economy: Leading Ladies

17 Dispite progress, Held by in 2010 women only women SENATE SEATS held a fraction of 362 73 IM WOMAN the congressional Physicians & Surgeons seats that men do. HOUSE SEATS "Companies with the highest share of women on their executive committees Pharmacists BEST COMPANIES FOR WOMEN have better financial performance than companies with no women." 70 years ago Rosie the Riveter Chig erecutibes 18 muscled her way into existence, and the world has never been the same. Woman have made some of the most important contributions The Department of State to our society and we wanted to recognize their accomplishments. Our infographic highlights some of # OF FEMALE-LED FORTUNE 500 co's the toughest woman around who TOP PAYING CAREERS FOR WOMEN are changing the world today. Ellen Kullman Sheryl Sandberg Alice Rivlin Arianna Huflington PRESIDENT & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CEO OF DUPONT CO0 OF FACEBOOK SENIOR FELLOW, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP LEADING Kullman's strong leadership shifted DuPont from Mark Zuckerberg hired Sandberg in 2008 who currently Alice Rivlin is one of the most respected fiscal experts in the nation. Ms. Huffington is a nationally renowned author and columnist chemicals to food and nutrition. According to CNN, worked at Google to take Facebook from a social net- She served on the President's Deficit Reduction Commission and and was one of the first to use the internet as an outlet for political opinion and news, The Huffington Post has become LADIES "analysts credit her with DuPont's turnaround in the work to a profit making company. She has done just testified before the deficit super committee. As former director of stockmarket: Shares have returned 99%, vs. 37% for that and under her leadership, it was decided to rely on the Congressional Budget Office. Office of Management and one of the premiere destinations on the web for politicos and the S&P, since she took over in 2009." ads to generate revenue, a monumental decision Budget (OMB) director, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, everyday people alike. She was named to the Time 100 Maga- Rivlin has pushed for $4 trillion in deficit reduction. zine's list of 100 most influential people in 2005, She also has an M.A. In economics. PUBLIC NOTICE BANK OF AMERICA CISCO GENERAL MILLS