"Critics of America's corporate culture insist that a glass ceiling still exists, but at the California Independent System Operator Corp. in Folsom, women wield considerable power in more ways than one.
The person in charge of the ISO power grid, which meets the energy needs of 30 million Californians and draws electricity from resources throughout western North America, is a woman."
The person in charge of the ISO power grid, which meets the energy needs of 30 million Californians and draws electricity from resources throughout western North America, is a woman."
Half the executive-level ISO staff is female.
That puts the ISO in the minority of employers with women in their top ranks. In November, a study released by the University of California,Davis, concluded that progress for women at the 400 largest public companies headquartered inCalifornia has improved little since the first UCD survey in 2005.
Among the study's key findings: Women hold just 10.6 percent of board seats and executive positions among the companies, and 118 out of the 400 firms have no female directors on their boards and no female executive officers.