This year, women make up nearly 17% of deans at business schools, up from 11% back in 2002.

NICOLE WOOLSEY BIGGART Dean, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, since 2003.

CARYN BECK-DUDLEY Dean, College of Business, Florida State University, since 2006.

ALLISON DAVIS-BLAKE Dean, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, since 2006.

ALICIA JACKSON Dean, Sigmund Weis School of Business, Susquehanna University, since 2007.

BARBARA KAHN Dean, University of Miami School of Business, since 2007.

LINDA LIVINGSTONE Dean, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University, since 2002.

NANCY J. MERRITT Dean, College of Business, Indiana State University, since 2007.

JUDY OLIAN Dean, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, since 2006.

SHARON OSTER Dean, Yale School of Management, Yale University, since 2008.

DONNA RAPACCIOLI Dean, Fordham University, College of Business Administration, since 2007.

LYNNE RICHARDSON Dean, College of Business and Industry, Mississippi State University, since 2007.

CAROLYN WOO Dean, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, since 1997.