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星期二, 12月 16, 2014

Governor Patrick Announces Over 100 Private Sector Employers Join Corporate Challenge Program with Bentley University

Governor Patrick Announces Over 100 Private Sector Employers Join Corporate Challenge Program with Bentley University
Initiative surpasses goal of enlisting 100 employers, new program is a keystone to advancing women in the workplace
Waltham – Tuesday, December 16, 2014 – Governor Deval Patrick today joined officials from Bentley University  to announce that more than 100 major employers, including some of the biggest corporate names in Massachusetts, have signed onto the Corporate Challenge program. The joint initiative offers companies the resources of Bentley University’s Center for Women and Business to assess gender diversity in their workplace, recruit women to senior positions and close any wage gap a company may discover.
“When we announced the Corporate Challenge program in October we had just 14 commitments from leading Massachusetts companies,” said Governor Patrick. “I knew we could do better. Not only have we met the goal of enlisting 100 companies by the end of the year, we have surpassed it. I want to thank all those employers who recognize that designing a workplace to help women maximize their full potential is good for business and good for our economy.”
The Corporate Challenge program is a cornerstone of the action agenda developed by the Successful Women, Successful Families Task Force, which Governor Patrick created by Executive Order No. 550 in March of this year. Chaired by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rachel Kaprielian, the Task Force was charged with addressing four challenges in creating equal opportunities for all individuals to be able to participate in both public and private sector workplaces, including eliminating the wage gap, advancing low income families, incentivizing family supportive policies and opening up leadership opportunities for women.
“We know from data and studies the task force reviewed that employing large numbers of women is good for business,” said Secretary Kaprielian.  “Companies that engage women outperform their competitors in every measure of profitability.”
CEOs from at least 92 Massachusetts-based companies and business organizations joined the original 14 commitments, among them Robert Coughlin, President of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.
“The fact is that all the research and anecdotal evidence shows diverse organizations and corporations are more successful and more profitable, so this Challenge should be a no-brainer for any organization,” said Robert K. Coughlin, President & CEO of MassBio, the life sciences trade association representing 650+ companies in Massachusetts and beyond. “I applaud Governor Patrick, Secretary Kaprielian and all of the initiative’s leaders for shining the spotlight on this opportunity for Massachusetts to make real, impactful gains in diversity and to continue our role as a world leader in business.”

“Most women in the workforce know that the gender inclusiveness issue is real,” said Gloria Larson, president of Bentley University. “As a nation, we have certainly made small steps in the right direction but to bring about real change, we all need to be involved from the most junior manager to the CEO. I am awed and inspired by these more than 100 Massachusetts companies that are making real changes to elevate and strengthen the role of women in their companies.”

“We are thrilled that more than 100 companies have committed to the Corporate Challenge and the number continues to climb,” said Betsy Myers, founding director of Bentley University’s Center for Women and Business. “We are proud to partner with a group of forward-thinking Massachusetts organizations who understand that workplace gender inclusion, though it takes work, is critical to the economic success of the Commonwealth and beyond. Together, we are working to make greater strides in advancing women in the workplace and are collaborating to share best practices and collective wisdom.”

“As President & CEO of the Life Sciences Center over the past six years, I see first-hand the challenges and the opportunities for women’s leadership in the life sciences,” said Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). "In order for our innovation economy to thrive, we need the contributions and combined brain power of talented men AND women. The Women in the Workforce Initiative is playing an important role in identifying and training the emerging women leaders of tomorrow, and the Center is pleased to be providing grant funding to Bentley College’s Center for Women and Business to support its role in this Initiative and the Corporate Challenge."

The Patrick Administration has led by example when it comes to advancing women in the workplace and understands that women are a critical force behind continuing the Commonwealth’s economic success. According to the latest Report on Diversity Outcomes in the Executive Branch released by the Office of Access and Opportunity in November 2013, 49 percent of senior managers and half of all managers within the executive branch were women. Massachusetts today ranks highest among states in the Northeast for women’s equality in employment and earnings, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
The Governor’s Advancing Women in the Workplace initiative also developed a Women’s Leadership Fellowship program. The Governor announced this fall that fourteen fellows have taken senior positions within the Patrick Administration in another effort to grow a pipeline of women poised to fill career paths to high-level occupations in both the public and private sectors.
LIST OF PARTNERS:
(as of 12/15/2014)

1.    Actifio
2.    Acquia
3.    Alexander Aronson Finning CPAs
4.    Arbella Insurance Group
5.    ARK Global LLC
6.    Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM)
7.    Bank of America
8.    Bentley University
9.    Biogen Idec
10.  Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
11.  Boston Benefit Partners, LLC
12.  Boston Globe
13.  Boston Medical Center Healthnet (BMC Healthnet)
14.  Boston Private Financial Holdings
15.  Boston Scientific
16.  Brookline Health Care Center
17.  Bullhorn
18.  Carbonite
19.  Care.com
20.  The Castle Group
21.  Century Bank
22.  Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP
23.  Citizens Bank
24.  Colette Phillips Communications, Inc .
25.  Collaborative Consulting, LLC
26.  Communispace
27.  Conventures,Inc
28.  Cubist Pharmaceuticals
29.  Dalton & Finegold, LLP
30.  Dassault Systemes
31.  Deloitte LLP, Boston
32.  Denterlein Worldwide,Inc
33. Dimensions Therapeutics
34.  Eastern Bank Corporation
35.  EBS Capstone
36.  Eliassen Group
37.  Emerson Hospital
38.  EMC
39.  Enterprise Investment Advisors
40.  EOS Foundation
41.  Gentle Giant Moving Company
42.  Global Smile Foundation
43.  Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
44.  Greater Media Boston
45.  Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
46.  Hill Holliday
47.  InkHouse
48.  Interaction Associates
49.  John Hancock Financial Services
50.  Keystone Partners
51.  KPMG LLP
52.  Kriss Law / Atlantic Closing & Escrow
53.  Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
54.  Hollister, Inc. Staffing
55.  Hotel & Home Recovery
56.  Hunter Creative Labs, LLC
57.  LAER Realty Partners
58.  Liberty Mutual
59.  Living Legacy Financial Group, Inc.
60.  Long Term Solutions
61.  Luminoso
62.  Lyve Media,LLC
63.  Marcum LLP
64.  Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
65.  Massachusetts High Technology Council
66.  Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
67.  Massachusetts Medical Society
68.  Mass Technology Leadership Council (Mass TLC)
69.  McGladrey LLP
70.  Middlesex Savings Bank
71.     Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office
73.  National Grid
74.  Newton Health Care Center
75.  Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce
76.  Northeast Utilities
77.  Pearson
78.  PwC
79.  Putnam Investments
80.  Raytheon Company
81.  Riverside Partners LLC
82.  Rockland Trust
83.  Salem Five Bank
84.  Santander
85.  Seniorlink / Caregiver Homes
86.  Skanska
87.  Small Army Advertising
88.  Sodexo
89.  Staples
90.  Startup Institute
91.  State Street Corporation
92.  Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department
93.  Suffolk Design and Construction
94.  The Bulfinch Group
95.  TIAA-CREF
96.  Tufts Health Plan
97.  Unum
98.  Veracode
99.  Verizon
100. Vertex Pharmaceuticals
101. Walgreens
102. Weber Shandwick
103. William Gallagher Associates
104. Windsor Marketing Group (WMG)
105. Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
106. Zyno Medical

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