IBM works with clients around the world to help their businesses grow "smarter" as the planet becomes more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent.  Through its software, hardware, services, consulting and R&D expertise, IBM helps create systems that lead to less traffic, healthier food, cleaner water, and safer cities.

SC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, ECHO®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, and MR. MUSCLE®. The 123-year old company, with more than $8 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in more than 110 countries. www.scjohnson.com

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business with a primary focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines. As a leader in gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation, oncology and infectious disease medicines, AstraZeneca generated global revenues of $32.8 billion in 2009. In the United States, AstraZeneca is a $14.8 billion healthcare business.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Having a diverse team of employees and an inclusive culture is vital for innovation and successfully executing our BioPharma business strategy. Our culture of inclusion enables us to create a work environment where all are free to fully contribute and reach their maximum potential.

Caring for the world, one person at a time...inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Our approximately 115,000 employees at more than 250 Johnson & Johnson companies work with partners in health care to touch the lives of over a billion people every day, throughout the world.

At Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, the words Think what's possible speak volumes. They are about the potential to innovate, and to create pharmaceuticals that extend, improve, or save lives. Yet our catch phrase is also about human potential: our steadfast belief in the capability of an extraordinarily talented and diverse team. Through our many initiatives and benefits, Novartis develops leadership, supports a healthy lifestyle, and inspires ever-greater performance. And that makes the difference—for our products and our people.

Sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and distributes therapeutic solutions to address the world’s expanding healthcare needs. We work to prevent and treat the diseases that we know of today, as well as those we may face tomorrow.

Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company.  Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world.  The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription, animal health and consumer health care products.  Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its colleagues around the world.  The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its Web site is www.schering-plough.com.

Dell listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. As a leading technology company, we offer a broad range of product categories, including mobility products, desktop PCs, software and peripherals, servers and networking, services, and storage. For more information, visit www.dell.com, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS

Deloitte LLP is among the nation’s leading professional services organizations, providing audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through over 42,000 people in more than 90 U.S. cities. Attracting, retaining and developing our people is a business imperative to fuel our growth and our clients' success. We approach diversity as a source of opportunity, enrichment, and new thinking. It is central to our 21st-century talent strategy and our lasting success. www.deloitte.com.

JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.6 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity. JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients.

GE Company Profile:
GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, and television programming, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.
 
GE and Diversity:
At GE, diversity is about the power of the mix - the strength that results from a team with varied experiences, background and styles.  Our diversity fosters a limitless source of ideas and opportunities.  As a global company, our talent must reflect the communities we serve and with whom we do business. Diversity is part of our core foundation. From the commitment f our leadership team to our internal processes, inclusiveness energizes teams and fosters teamwork and innovation

The Allstate Corporation is the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer. A Fortune 100 company, with $130 billion in total assets, Allstate sells 13 major lines of insurance, including auto, property, life and commercial. Allstate also offers retirement and investment products and banking services. Allstate is widely known through the "You're In Good Hands With Allstate^®" slogan. Allstate was founded in 1931 and became a publicly traded company in 1993.

Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics.  The company employs approximately 83,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries.

Abbott's news releases and other information are available on the company's Web site at www.abbott.com.

EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technologies, services, and solutions that enable people and organizations to transform the way they create value from their information. Our mission is to lead customers on a journey to what we call the private cloud – a dramatically more efficient and effective model for delivering IT as a service, making IT easier, more cost-effective to install, use, and manage. EMC works with organizations around the world, in every industry, in the public and private sectors, and of every size, from startups to the Fortune Global 500. Our customers include financial services firms, manufacturers, healthcare and life sciences organizations, Internet service and telecommunications providers, airlines and transportation companies, educational institutions, public-sector agencies, and individual consumers. EMC also provides technology, products and services to consumers in more than 100 countries.

As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with private banking, investment banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 46,700 people. Credit Suisse is comprised of a number of legal entities around the world and is headquartered in Zurich. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

The McGraw-Hill Companies is driving the education, financial services, and business information markets through leading brands such as McGraw-Hill Education, Standard & Poor’s, BusinessWeek, and J.D. Power and Associates. We are providing the information and insight that help individuals, markets and societies around the globe perform to their potential. We are also focused on building the potential of the individuals whose talent enables us to maintain our position as a market leader. The work/life balance resources and policies we implement ensure that we’re supporting our talent in all of their roles—both at work and at home. To learn more about careers at The McGraw-Hill Companies, proudly recognized as one of Working Mother magazine’s Top 10 for the 3rd consecutive year, visit www.mcgraw-hill.com/careers.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is the leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, back-up care, education and work/life solutions. We partner with more than 800 leading organizations, including more than 80 of the Working Mother Top 100, to offer programs that enable their employees to be successful at work and at home. We are proud to have the best National Association for the Educations of Young Children accreditation record in the industry. Our programs empower children from infancy on to become confident, successful learners and secure, caring people. It is our privilege to accompany children and their families on their journey of lifelong learning. For more information, please go to www.brighthorizons.com/employers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for our clients and their stakeholders. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance, employee benefits and financial services with operations throughout the United States and the Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. reaches more than 70 million customers around the world and MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States (based on life insurance in-force). The MetLife companies offer life insurance, annuities, auto and home insurance, retail banking and other financial services to individuals, as well as group insurance and retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. For more information about MetLife, visit www.metlife.com.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, we are committed to providing a workplace environment that encourages diversity and respect for work-life balance. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

GlaxoSmithKline—one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies—is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For company information, visit GlaxoSmithKline on the World Wide Web at www.gsk.com.

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for nearly a century. Today, the firm provides professional services primarily to US government agencies in the defense, security, and civil sectors, as well as to corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen offers clients deep functional knowledge spanning strategy and organization, technology, operations, and analytics—which it combines with specialized expertise in clients’ mission and domain areas to help solve their toughest problems.

Bon Secours Richmond Health System is part of Bon Secours Health System, founded in 1824 by a group of Catholic sisters to care for the sick and dying. That strong sense of mission drives Bon Secours Richmond today. And its health ministry of healing, compassion and liberation of people begins with employees. Bon Secours Richmond employs more than 6,000 people in Richmond, Virginia who provide care at four award-winning hospitals, numerous outpatient facilities and schools of nursing and medical imaging.

Carlson is a global hotel, marketing, restaurant and travel company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Carlson family of brands and services includes: Regent Hotels & Resorts^®, Radisson Hotels & Resorts^®, Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, Park Inn^® hotels, Carlson Marketing, T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants, and Carlson Wagonlit Travel^®. Carlson’s brands and services employ more than 160,000 people in more than 150 countries. www.carlson.com.

College Coach is the recognized leader in employer-sponsored educational consulting. The education team, led by former senior admissions and financial aid officers from the nation's top colleges, assists employees and their school-age children through stressful and time-consuming academic challenges.   College Coach now partners with 75+ organizations worldwide.   www.getintocollege.com

DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.

Eli Lilly and Company, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly provides answers—through medicines and information—for some of the world's most urgent medical needs.

General Mills, with annual net sales of $13.4 billion, is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products.  Its global brand portfolio includes Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Haagen-Dazs, Old El Paso and more. It also has more than 100 U.S. consumer brands, more than 30 of which generate annual retail sales in excess of $100 million. General Mills also is a leading supplier of baking and other food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.

Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global accounting, tax and advisory organizations. The people in the independent firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to clients in more than 100 countries. Member firms within Grant Thornton International Ltd are separate and distinct legal entities.

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.us.kpmg.com), is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”). KPMG International’s member firms have 137,000 professionals, including more than 7,600 partners, in 144 countries. KPMG has been recognized by several organizations for its support of women and diversity. For the second year in a row, the firm was included among Working Mother's Top 5 Best Companies for Multicultural Women, and has been ranked among Working Mother's 100 Best Companies 13 times. The firm also is a 2009 Catalyst award winner, and is included among DiversityInc’s 2010 Top 50 Companies for Diversity, Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees, Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities, and Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity, and ranked 88th among the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. KPMG is also proud to have been recognized by the Asia Society as a Top Ten Best in Class Finalist, and as the Best Company in Promoting Asian Americans to Senior Leadership Positions.

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes approximately 21 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial-institution customers and merchants. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network and through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, go to www.mastercard.com.

At Microsoft we know that in order to lead in today’s competitive marketplace, we must develop the best and most globally diverse talent. A workforce that is representative of the markets we serve offers distinct competitive advantages, such as heightened consumer insight, greater creativity, and real-time market innovation. Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, information and consumer publishing. We help children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers to wind down or wise up with a good book. Our businesses fuel a growing demand for knowledge and share a common purpose: To help our customers live and learn.

Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Pringles®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. The P&G community includes approximately 135,000 employees working in about 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping approximately 50 million individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company’s well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit http://www.news.prudential.com/. Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $638 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2008, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

As the authoritative source for trusted content in health and wellness worldwide, Rodale helps more than 70 million people globally lead more fulfilled and whole lives.  Rodale's media platforms include magazines - Men's Health, Prevention, Women's Health, Runner's World, Best Life, Bicycling, Running Times, Mountain Bike and Organic Gardening; books like the best-selling The South Beach Diet and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth; video and extensive Web sites.  The company is also a leader in direct-response marketing.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), or "Walmart," serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,400 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Walmart employs more than 2.0 million associates worldwide. A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers in Fortune Magazine’s 2009 Most Admired Companies survey. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting www.walmartstores.com and on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Walmartnews. Online merchandise sales are available at www.walmart.com and www.samsclub.com.

As the Richmond area's largest employer, VCUHS proudly serves patients, employees and our community as a Working Mother magazine 100 Best company (for the fourth time), a three time Richmond Employer of Choice and Greater Richmond's leader in Workforce Development practices for 2009. Visit  www.vcuhealth.org for a comprehensive list of our awards and distinctions.

This full-service national law firm, with clients including many Fortune 100 companies, supports moms well beyond the cute “Future Lawyer” Onesie given to all new parents on staff. Women receive 13 weeks of paid leave after childbirth, and in 2008, 17 of 26 lawyers returning from maternity leave took advantage of a program that allowed them to come back to work on a reduced schedule over three months. All told, one of five attorneys works flextime.

Feedback is valued at this large New York City–based firm. When many of its junior women attorneys said they wished they knew more about the experiences of successful female partners, the firm created a formal mentoring program last year. And in an effort to help retain talented women, a new extended-leave program lets lawyers step out of active practice for a period of time while staying associated with the firm and maintaining client relationships.

American Express is a global service company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. In addition to being the world’s largest issuer of charge and credit cards as measured by purchase volume, American Express business includes business travel, gift cards, corporate cards and travelers cheques.

Founded in 1850, the company has a long history of building an inclusive environment that leverages the talent and perspectives of its 58,000 employees worldwide to develop relevant products and services to reach diverse customer segments in support of its vision of becoming one of the world’s most admired companies. For more information about the company visit www.americanexpress.com

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is a leader in delivering innovative health care products, services and information to more than 3.7 million members. For 76 years, the company has served its customers by offering health insurance at a competitive price and has served the people of North Carolina through support of community organizations, programs and events that promote good health.  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 190,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

Verizon's How Sweet The Sound is a national program that recognizes church choirs nationwide offering them a chance to win the title of the "Best Church Choir in America" and up to $50,000 in cash and prizes. Created by Verizon, How Sweet The Sound started as a competition in Memphis in 2008 and spread nationwide, to 11 cities in 2009. This year, we've added 3 additional cities to the national tour, Cleveland, Jacksonville and Charlotte -- taking our tour to a total of 14 cities. Through How Sweet The Sound, Verizon has set the stage for a truly unique opportunity for choirs to be uplifted and bonded in unity. Every choir that hits the stage wins devices for each choir member and $3000 for the group. There is no fee to enter, and we welcome entire communities and all religious beliefs to be a part of How Sweet The Sound. At each regional tour stop, audiences can expect a festival like concourse experience (complete with gospel karaoke and a youth talent showcase), performances by gospel celebrity judges, and of course, some of the best church choirs in America singing before sold out crowds in arenas across the country. This year, host Donald Lawrence is joined by new co-host, CeCe Winans!  Our resident judge Marvin Sapp returns for the entire tour and is joined by the biggest artists in gospel such as Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond and Karen Clark Sheard of the legendary Clark Sisters. Tickets are only $5 and $7 and go on sale to Verizon customers on 7/5 and to the general public on 7/10 and can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Please visit www.HowSweetTheSound.com for more information.

The Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

JCPenney is one of America's leading retailers, operating department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business. Through these integrated channels, JCPenney offers a wide array of national, private and exclusive brands which reflect the Company's commitment to providing customers with style and quality at a smart price.

New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States and one of the largest life insurers in the world. Headquartered in New York City, New York Life's family of companies offers life insurance, retirement income, investments and long-term care insurance. New York Life Investment Management LLC provides institutional asset management and retirement plan services. Other New York Life affiliates provide an array of securities products and services, as well as institutional and retail mutual funds.

With a vision of world-class healthcare, WellStar Health System operates five hospitals, a Physicians Group and other ancillary services with more than 11,000 employees in metro Atlanta. WellStar serves more than one million residents with areas of excellence in cardiac, cancer, medical imaging and women’s services. Verispan and Modern Healthcare have listed WellStar as one of the top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the United States. We believe in life well lived.