According to a recent article in Forbes by entrepreneur Jocelyn Mangan, corporations are increasingly becoming the most significant lever for economic and societal change. But this is contingent on who holds leadership positions at those corporations, and the culture they create. One area where corporations can be pushed to think deeper about progress and true inclusion is through their board of directors, but again, diversity of thoughts must be represented. As Jocelyn writes and as the stats show, we still have a long way to go.

“Boardrooms are lacking the representation needed to generate the outcomes that will best serve our future. Study after study shows diverse boards mean better business for all stakeholders. Yet in public company boardrooms, women represent less than a third of directors. And among the most heavily funded, high-growth private companies, 40% have all-male boards and 78% don’t include a single woman of color,” she writes.

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