ascena retail group Honored as a Corporate Game Changer by Women’s Forum of New York at 2017 Breakfast of Corporate Champions
November 14 2017 - 4:07PM
Business Wire
With 50% percent female board representation,
ascena was recognized for its strides towards gender parity in the
boardroom
Today, ascena and David Jaffe, Chairman and CEO, were honored by
the Women’s Forum of New York at the fourth biennial Breakfast of
Corporate Champions for achieving at least 25 percent female
representation on their board. The company, which has a
representation of 50% percent women on their board, was applauded
as a corporate game changer who is making special efforts to
advance women in the boardroom.
“Diversity makes us stronger,” said David Jaffe, Chairman and
CEO. “Our mission revolves around serving and inspiring women.
Diversity on our Board, as well as across the company, leads to
more innovation and ideas. It’s not only the right thing to do,
it’s the smart choice.”
“We congratulate ascena and their work towards achieving
a greater gender balance in their boardroom,” said Janice Reals
Ellig, CEO, The Ellig Group and Chair of the event. “ascena knows
that more women on boards is smart business and their continued
success is an inspiration to others."
The event brought together an audience of over 600, including
CEOs and Board Directors along with business leaders, government
officials, thought leaders and influential media in special
recognition of forward-thinking companies.
This year's Breakfast of Corporate Champions kicked off with a
call to action from tennis legend Billie Jean King, who founded the
Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative with Teneo four years ago,
to foster more inclusive leadership including more representation
of women and diversity in corporate America. The highest honor, the
Muriel F. Siebert Leadership Award, will be presented to Mary
Barra, CEO of General Motors for under her leadership, the company
became the first major industrial corporation to achieve gender
parity on its board.
For more information on about ascena please visit
https://www.ascena.com or to learn more about the Women's Forum
of New York and the Women's Forum CEO-Sponsored Database,
please visit https://www.womensforumny.org/.
About ascena retail group, inc.
ascena retail group, inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) is a leading national
specialty retailer offering apparel, shoes, and accessories for
women under the Premium Fashion segment (Ann Taylor, LOFT, and Lou
& Grey), Value Fashion segment (maurices and dressbarn), Plus
Fashion segment (Lane Bryant and Catherines), and for tween girls
under the Kids Fashion segment (Justice). ascena retail group, inc.
operates ecommerce websites and approximately 4,800 stores
throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
For more information about ascena retail group, inc. visit:
ascenaretail.com, AnnTaylor.com, LOFT.com, louandgrey.com,
maurices.com, dressbarn.com, lanebryant.com, Catherines.com, and
shopjustice.com.
About the Women's Forum of New York
The Women’s Forum of New York is the city’s premier organization
of women leaders. The invitation-only membership of more than 500
women, representing the highest levels of achievement across all
professional sectors from finance to fine arts, is dedicated to the
advancement of women’s leadership through programs which enrich
members lives personally and professionally, through The Education
Fund which enables talented women whose potential has been
disrupted by extreme adversity to resume their education, and
through the Corporate Board Initiative, which extends and expands
the contribution of women leaders through corporate board
participation. Founded in 1974, the Women's Forum of New
York is the flagship of the International Women's Forum, a
global organization of over 6500 outstanding women leaders in over
74 Forums around the world.
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