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F-250 Female Chief Information Officers Approaching 20%

Women who achieve the rank of Chief Information Officer–in the Fortune 250 no less–are some of the most interesting executives we cover. IT has long-been a primarily male domain, as have the fields of science and engineering. In our profiles of these CIOs, there are many stories about being the only woman in the class, the department or the boardroom. They have defied the odds to reach one of the most interesting and coveted C-level positions, which everyone agrees sits at the influential nexus of business and technology.

Companies in the tech space are trying desperately to build relationships with CIOs. As consultants, we have counseled them to go after female CIOs as a special affinity group by creating a targeted program designed to reach and engage this elite group of women. So far no one is doing this well, as far as we know. In fact, no one seems to even realize that 19.2% of Fortune 250 CIOs are now women–up from 10% just a few years ago.

In the interest of supporting you, our customers, we are publishing the complete list of female Fortune 500 CIOs (or their functional equivalents) below, by Fortune ranking and company. In our next newsletter, we will publish the Fortune 251-500. If you are interested in learning more about these women, Boardroom Insiders publishes in-depth profiles of them all. To learn more, contact Lee Demby @ lee@boardroominsiders.com or 704-756-0894.

1: Walmart: Karenann Terrell (see sample profile)
2: Exxon Mobil, Ellen McCoy
9: Bank of America, Cathy Bessant
18: IBM, Jeanette Horan
19: Cardinal Health, Pat Morrison
24: Valero Energy Corp., Cheryl Thomas
33: Target, Beth Jacob
36: Boeing, Kim Hammonds
37: State Farm, Sandy Arnold
40: Johnson & Johnson, LaVerne Council
41: Dell, Adriana Karaboutis
42: Wellpoint, Lori Beer
44: United Technologies Corporation, Nancy Davis
47 Best Buy, Jody Davids
52 Lockheed Martin, Linda Gooden
56: Intel, Kimberly Stevenson
62: Cisco Systems, Rebecca Jacoby
64: Prudential Financial, Barbara Koster
65: Walt Disney, Susan O’Day
67: Sysco, Twila Day
70: Coca Cola, Ann Taylor
71: New York Life Insurance Company, Sue Ericksen
77: Aetna, Meg McCarthy
87: TIAA-CREF, Annabelle Bexiga
88: Delta Air Lines, Theresa Wise
102: Publix Super Markets, Inc., Laurie Zeitlin
104: Raytheon Company, Rebecca Rhoads
106: Travelers Companies, Inc., Madelyn Lankton
116: Motorola Solutions, Leslie M. Jones
119: TJX Companies, Kathy Lane
120: Emerson Electric Company, Kathleen McElligott
121: Xerox, Carol Zierhoffer
150: The AES Corporation, Elizabeth Hackenson
162: Dominion Resources Inc., Margaret McDermid
163: Amgen Inc, Diana McKenzie
174: CBS, Amy Berkowitz
177: PG&E, Karen Austin
191: Sara Lee Corporation, Ann Teague
203: Dean Foods Company, Barbara Carlini
205: Southwest Airlies, Jan Marshall
219: SAIC, Amy Alving
227: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ina Kamenz
239: Unum Group, Kathleen Owen
240: Progress Eneergy, Inc., Dorothy Ramoneda
241: Praxair, Inc., Melissa Buckwalter
250: Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Cora Carmody

P.S. We are not perfect and despite our best efforts to keep this list up-to-date, often changes are made without a timely announcement. If you notice someone missing from this list or see an error, let me know by contacting me at Sharon@boardroominsiders.com.

Sharon Gillenwater
Founder, Principal and Editor-in-Chief
Boardroom Insiders

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