National Vision Wins Two Awards Celebrating Gender Diversity
August 10 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Named to Forbes’ 2021 list of Best Employers for Women
- Among 6% of Russell 3000 Index companies to achieve 50/50 Women
on Boards’ highest ranking
National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYE), one of the
nation’s largest optical retailers providing quality, affordable
eye care and eyewear, announced today that it has received two
recent awards for gender diversity. National Vision has been named
one of Forbes’ Best Employers for Women in 2021 and received the
highest ranking given by 50/50 Women on Boards™ for balanced gender
representation among the independent members of the company’s Board
of Directors.
“Achieving gender balance among our independent board members is
a powerful substantiation of National Vision’s commitment to
advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our company.
Being named to the Forbes list of Best Employers for Women is a
validation of our efforts to make National Vision a great place to
work for everyone,” said Reade Fahs, National Vision CEO. “Both
recognitions honor the success that is possible when many different
perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences are represented and
respected in our work, whether in our boardroom or our stores and
exam rooms.”
According to 50/50 Women on Boards’ Gender Diversity Index™
quarterly report on data available as of March 31, 2021, National
Vision is one of only 169 companies on the Russell 3000 Index to
have a gender-balanced board. Women are supported in leadership
roles throughout the company: in 2020, 76% of National Vision’s
employees were women, and women held 67% of the company’s
management positions at the store manager level and above.
“National Vision is championing diversity and supporting women’s
success in a field that for a long time was very male-dominated –
so receiving these recognitions is truly meaningful,” said
Jacqueline Grove, Senior Vice President of Talent Development;
Culture; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; and Philanthropy. “It
puts in perspective how much progress we’ve been able to make by
leading with a company culture that honors diversity, and it
encourages us to keep pushing towards a more inclusive future for
our associates and across the optical industry as a whole.”
These awards follow several other recent achievements by
National Vision in its efforts to advance diversity and inclusion.
Forbes included National Vision in its 2021 list of Best Employers
for Diversity, and earlier this year, Reade Fahs joined more than
2,200 corporate leaders as a signatory of the CEO Action for
Diversity and Inclusion™ pledge, making National Vision the first
optical retailer represented.
The Forbes Best Employers for Women were chosen based on an
independent survey of 50,000 employees working for companies
employing at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations that also
considered factors such as women’s representation at the executive
and board levels and company initiatives to improve gender equity.
The complete list can be viewed here.
50/50 Women on Boards is a nonprofit global education and
advocacy campaign driving the movement toward gender balance and
diversity on corporate boards of the Russell 3000 Index companies.
For more information, visit www.5050wob.com.
About National Vision Holdings, Inc.
National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYE) is one of the
largest optical retail companies in the United States with over
1,200 stores in 44 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico. With a mission of helping people by making quality eye care
and eyewear more affordable and accessible, the company operates
five retail brands: America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses,
Eyeglass World, Vision Centers inside select Walmart stores, and
Vista Opticals inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select
military bases, and several e-commerce websites, offering a variety
of products and services for customers’ eye care needs. For more
information, please visit www.nationalvision.com.
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Racheal Peters Media Contact, Corporate Communications
Racheal.Peters@nationalvision.com (470) 448-2303
David Mann, CFA Vice President, Investor Relations
David.Mann@nationalvision.com (470) 448-2448
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