Public company boards, like large law firms, continue to be dominated by white men—and the needle is hardly moving, says Lissa Broome, a University of North Carolina law professor who researches board diversity. Women and minorities are making very slow progress in gaining seats, and lawyers are scarce on those boards too.
Broome founded and directs UNC Law’s Diversity Initiative, which tracks gender, racial and ethnic diversity for public company boards in North Carolina. Broome presented her findings at a colloquium at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business on June 16.
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