Tracks the status of women in 13 different categories of leadership in Central Ohio.

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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IN CENTRAL OHIO – HISTORICAL DATA
WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS IN CENTRAL OHIO - 2003
The stats on women serving on the boards of publicly-held corporations headquartered in central Ohio are a
classic case of good news - bad news.
• The Good News? The percentage of seats held by women increased from 8.24% in 2002 to 10.23% in
2003 (based on the information available from SEC filings).
• The Bad News? The reason the percentage went up is that the total number of companies and board
seats went down - from 48 companies to 40 and from 425 seats to 342.
2004 CORPORATE BOARD DATA 2003 2002 2001
Number of Public Companies headquartered in Greater
Columbus
40 48 52
Number of Seats on Boards of Public Companies
headquartered in Greater Columbus
342 425 457
Number of Seats on Boards of Public Companies in
Greater Columbus Held by Women
35 35 34
Percentage of Seats on Boards of Public Companies in
Greater Columbus Held by Women
10.23% 8.24% 7.44%
Number of Public Companies in Greater Columbus With
No Women on Their Boards
16 21 25
Percentage of Public Companies in Greater Columbus
With No Women on Their Boards
40% 44% 48%
BOARD HONOR ROLE
Companies Where Women Hold 25% or More of Board
Seats Percent
Num-
Total
Num-
Female
Scotts Co. 33% 12 4
Too Inc. 33% 9 3
Limited Brands Inc. 25% 12 3
Wendy's International Inc. 25% 12 3

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CENTRAL OHIO WOMEN’S POWER INDEX
TM
FOR 2003
What It Is
• A set of benchmarks that reflect women’s parity with men in 12 leadership categories relating to business
and government for central Ohio – the categories range from participation on the boards of publicly held
companies to presence among elected officials.
• The score in each category reflects the ratio of women to men on a ten-point scale. A score of 10 would
mean that there are an equal number of women and men in that particular category. According to the
2003 index, for example, there are 6.7 female chief executives of non-profit organizations for every 10
male chief executives in that category.
• The scores are derived from publicly available information, including: Business First; Columbus CEO; City of
Columbus, Franklin County and State of Ohio websites; Center for Women’s Business Research; Center for
American Women and Politics; and corporate SEC filings
Central Ohio Women’s Power Index – 2003 SCALE OF 10
1 - Chief executives of non-profit organizations 6.7
2 - MBA enrollment 6.3
3 - Chief executives of colleges and universities 5.6
4 - Elected officials 4.4
5 - Business owners 4.1
6 - Chief executives of largest employers 2.0
7 - Chief executives of emerging companies 1.1
8 - Corporate boards of directors 0.9
9 - Highest paid executives 0.6
10 - Chief executives of private companies 0.4
11 - Managing partners of accounting or law firms 0.2
12 - Chief executives of public companies 0.0
Average Score: 2.7

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CENTRAL OHIO WOMEN’S POWER INDEX
TM
FOR 2004
What It Is
• A set of benchmarks that reflect women’s parity with men in 12 leadership categories relating to business
and government for central Ohio – the categories range from participation on the boards of publicly held
companies to presence among elected officials.
• The score in each category reflects the ratio of women to men on a ten-point scale. A score of 10 would
mean that there are an equal number of women and men in that particular category. According to the
2004 index, for example, there are 6.7 female chief executives of non-profit organizations for every 10
male chief executives in that category.
• The scores are derived from publicly available information, including: Business First; City of Columbus,
Franklin County and State of Ohio websites; Center for Women’s Business Research; Center for American
Women and Politics; and corporate SEC filings
Central Ohio Women’s Power Index – 2004
CEO - Non-Profit Organizations 6.7
MBA Students 6.2
CEO - Colleges and Universities 6.0
Elected Officials 4.3
Business Owners 4.1
CEO - Largest Employers 1.6
Corporate Board Members 1.1
Managing Partners - Accounting & Law Firms 0.9
Highest Paid Executives 0.8
CEO - Emerging Companies 0.6
CEO - Private Companies 0.4
CEO - Public Companies 0.0
OVERALL SCORE 2.7
Couple of Notes
• No real change from 2003 – increases in some areas were matched by decreases in others
• Positive Changes:
• Julie Kunkel – first woman to serve as managing partner of a major accounting firm
• Janet Jackson – first woman to serve as the chief executive of the United Way of Central Ohio
• Among Elected Officials:
• Tenth District Court of Appeals – 5 of its 8 members are women
• Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court – 4 of its 5 members are women
• Continued Challenges:
• CEOs of private and public companies
• Highest paid execs – still dominated by retail and still lower than the all-time high of 11 women who
were on the list in the year 2000
• Corporate boards – increase is primarily a result of change (decline) in the number of public companies
in central Ohio – actual number of seats held by women decreased by one

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CENTRAL OHIO WOMEN’S POWER INDEX
TM
FOR 2007
Central Ohio Women’s Power Index – 2007
Ratio Percent
1 - Chief executives of non-profit organizations 7.9 44%
2 - MBA students 6.8 40%
3 - Business owners 4.6 40%
4 - Elected officials 4.2 30%
5 - Chief executives of colleges and universities 2.6 21%
6 - Highest paid executives 1.6 14%
7 - Chief executives of largest employers 1.6 14%
8 - Executive Officers 1.6 14%
9 - Corporate boards of directors (34 women/328) 1.2 10%
10 - Chief executives of emerging companies 1.1 10%
11 - Managing partners of professional services firms Top 10 for Each 0.5 5%
12 - Chief executives of private companies 0.4 4%
13 - Chief executives of public companies 0.3 3%
The Central Ohio Women’s Power IndexTM
was developed by Julie Graber in 2003 in order to track women’s
advancement into the leadership networks of both the public and the private sectors in central Ohio.