Treasurer McCord, Nationwide Coalition Urge Greater Diversity on Corporate Boards
Letter to 41 S&P 500 chairmen stresses improved performance of companies with women in director positionsHarrisburg, June 29, 2012 – Corporations with greater gender diversity are “better governed, better-managed and have better long-term growth prospects,” wrote Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord and 73 other thought leaders from the public and private sectors in a jointly signed letter sent to executives of 41 S&P 500 companies that lack any women representation on their boards of directors. The letter, coordinated by the Thirty Percent Coalition, expressed a willingness on the part of