About Us
Our mission.
To close the gender gap at the highest levels of business, where the gender gap is most acute.
What we do.
We advocate for women’s representation at the highest levels of business—in the C-Suite and on the Board of Directors. We do this by promoting companies that demonstrate their commitment to gender parity, raising awareness about underlying issues, and providing facts and research that show the value in equal representation. We ask companies to take the ParityPledge™ to commit to simply interview at least one qualified woman for every open role, VP and higher—including the C-Suite and the Board.
Proof It Works!
The NFL Rooney Rule, named after Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and champion for equal representation, is a National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview qualified minority candidates for head coaching and senior football management roles.
There are no quotas, no deadlines. Just interview them. As a result of the rule, minorities in the senior ranks of the NFL increased from 6% to 22% in just three years.
Why We Do This:
World Economic Forum 2017, The Global Gender Gap Report
When women are better represented in leadership roles, more women are hired throughout the company. This ensures that there is a sufficient pipeline of female talent at more junior levels for future leadership roles.
Lean-In & McKinsey, 2017, Women in the Workplace
On average, women are promoted and hired at lower rates than men; so, far fewer women become senior leaders. At more senior levels, we see women shift from line to staff roles, so very few end up on the path to becoming CEO.
McKinsey 2017, Women Matter
Corporations need to ensure that their recruitment and appraisal systems are gender-neutral and performance focused. Corporate culture is twice as important as individual mindsets in building women's' confidence that they can reach top management positions.
Peterson Institute 2016, Is Gender Diversity Profitable?
Female executives are correlated with higher profits. A company with 30% female leadership could see an increase of 15% in profitability compared to a similar company with no female leadership.
MSCI 2016, Women on Boards and Financial Performance
Having at least three women on a corporate board is tied to improved financial performance in terms of Return on Equity (ROE) and Earnings per Share (EPS) compared to similar boards with no female representation.
Parity.org and the ParityPledge™.
At Parity.org, we ask companies to commit to take the ParityPledge™ because the research is very clear. When qualified women are simply interviewed for open executive or board roles, something very good happens. More often, they are hired!
Take the ParityPledge™ now.
To improve the lives of women everywhere and, at the same time, improve the bottom line.
take the paritypledge™The Parity.org Team
The Parity.org team is a small group of individuals dedicated to raising the representation of women at the highest levels in organizations.
Cathrin M Stickney
Founder & CEO
Lauren Burch
Director of Communications
Jennifer Curry
Director, Analytics & Insights
Jessie Laurash
Director, Content
Monica Kim
Legal Counsel
Method Communications
Social Media Strategy & Execution
The Parity.org Board of Directors
Mark Gorenberg
Managing Director
Zetta Venture Partners
Mark Gorenberg
Managing Director
Mark has been in venture capital for more than 25 years. His firm, Zetta Venture Partners, is not only committed to gender parity; but is the first firm to include a no-sexual harassment clause in all of their term sheets.
Josh James
Founder & CEO
Domo
Josh James
Founder & CEO
Josh founded Domo in 2010 to help CEOs and other leaders change the way they do business and obtain value from the tens of billions of dollars spent on traditional business intelligence systems. Before founding Domo, Josh was the CEO of Omniture, which he co-founded in 1996 and took public in 2006; and from 2006-2009, he was the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company.
Amy Kennedy
Education Director
Kennedy Forum
Amy Kennedy
Kennedy Forum
Amy L. Kennedy is currently the Education Director for The Kennedy Forum, providing consultation services that emphasize evidence-based research and programming to facilitate policy change in the areas of education and mental health. She also sits on the Board of Mental Health America, a leading national advocacy organization based in the Washington, DC area, focused on giving a voice to all people with mental health conditions and addictions.
Carolyn Magill
CEO
Aetion
Carolyn Magill
CEO
Ms. Magill has been an operations leader at major healthcare companies like United Healthcare, Evolent and Remedy. She is now CEO at Aetion.
Cathrin M Stickney
Founder & CEO
Parity.org
Cathrin M Stickney
Founder & CEO
Cathrin has been a healthcare executive and a women’s advocate for more than 25 years; helping with the careers of hundreds of women in management during that time. She started Parity.org to shed light on the issue of gender imbalance in business and correct it.View LinkedIn
The Parity.org Founding Board of Advisors
Alan Eustace
Senior VP of Knowledge (retired)
Alan Eustace
Retired Senior VP of Knowledge
Alan Eustice retired after 13 years with Google, where he served as SVP of Engineering and Senior VP of Knowledge, and broke the world record for the highest skydive of all time. Prior to that, Alan spent 15 years at Digital/Compaq/HP’s Western Research Laboratory (WRL). He is involved with Second Harvest Food Bank and served as a member of the Board of the Trustees for She++ and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
Claudia Fan Munce
Venture Advisor
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Claudia Fan Munce
Venture Advisor
Director, Bank of the West/BNP Paribas Group, Best Buy Corporation, and CoreLogic Inc. As the managing director of IBM Venture Capital Group, Claudia served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Latin American Venture Capital Association, Women in Leadership in Private Equity in China, Canadian Innovation Exchange, Savannah Fund in Africa, and many other global venture capital organizations. In 2015 she was named by Worth Magazine as one of 20 most powerful players in Silicon Valley.
Maria Klawe
President
Harvey Mudd College
Maria Klawe
President
Maria Klawe began her tenure as Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president in 2006. A renowned computer scientist and scholar, President Klawe is the first woman to lead the college since its founding in 1955. Prior to joining HMC, she served as Dean of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University.“We must raise both the ceiling and the floor.”
—Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
These companies took the ParityPledge™.
Join them today!
Health
(Payers, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical, Bio-tech, Equipment & Health Technology, Medical Professionals)
Technology
(Software & Services, Hardware & Services)
Finance
(Banking, Insurance, Investments)
Consumer/Retail
(Advertising, Apparel, Electronics, Hospitality, Internet Marketing, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Staples)
Industrials
(Consulting, Professional Services, Transportation)
Other
Proud Partners of Parity.org:
Interested in getting more involved with Parity.org? Contact us about a partnership today.
Join our growing list of Friends.
Corporate Recruiter
Advisor Group
Enterprise Sales Executive
ReadyTech
Na
NA
Recruiting Manager
Vivint Smart Home
Account Associate
Fiti
Director of Client Development
Liberty Creative Solutions
VP Product
Kuali, Inc.
MHR/MBA Candidate
Utah State University
NA
NA
Assistant Designer
Ralph Lauren
Global Head of Digital
Sonos
CHRO
Informatica
Sr. Manager - Customer Experience
Vivint Solar
Director of Communications
Parity.org
Coordinator
Ralph Lauren
Vice President
Catasys
Partner
M12
Program Manager
Nasdaq
President & CEO
Silicon Valley Forum
DIRECTOR
AMERICAN EXPRESS
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Catalyst
Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
Accela, Inc.
Recruiting Assistant
Vivint Smart Home
Recruiting Director
BMGI
SVP Business Operations and CIO
ForeScout
Manager, Customer Care
Adobe
Corporate Recruiter
Western Governors University
Internal Recruiter
Royal Alliance/Advisor Group
Digital Marketing Manager
Fluid Advertising
Managing Director
B-Rad Industries, LLC
SVP Product Development
Health Catalyst
Sr. Sales Performance Consultant
HUB International
Business Operation Manager
Salesforce
Senior Project Manager
Tech9, LLC
Student
LDSBC
Sales Lead
Carta
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Director Engineering, Information Systems
NICE InContact
Senior Director, Public Relations
Instructure
Marketing Associate
ConsultNet
Manager, Recruiting NIS
Vivint SmartHome
VP of Client Services
Seniorlink
Marketing Manager
Catasys
CINO
The Great Physician Software Company
Managing Director
Solganick & Co.
Internal Audit Manager
Overstock.com
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
athenahealth, Inc
Client Success Manager
Blacksmith International
Recruiting Director
Senior Sales Consultant
CroatiaTech
Director of Customer Success
Teem
Co-Founder
Teem
Chief Incubation Officer
CloudInsyte
Account Manager
DataBank
Senior Analyst
Economics Partners, LLC
SVP Global Corporate Communications
Ralph Lauren
CMO
Venafi
Engineering Manager
Solutionreach
Strategy
Stoke
Recruiting Coordinator
Vivint Smart Home
Head of Product
Capshare
SVP Marketing
Teem
Partner
Law Offices of Kurt A. Johnson
COO B2C Ecommerce
Naspers
VP Legal
Venafi
Senior Manager, Clinical Devleopment Engineering
Intuitive Surgical
Principal Consultant
Dialexis
AE
Carta
Social Media Producer
LDS Church
Consultant
University of Utah
President
MeVales and NoVales Transformative Human Technologies
CIO
BMGI
Content
Parity.org
President
Leath HR Group
VP, Search & Engagement
TechTarget
Sr Product Manager
Adobe (company)
Managing Director & Co Founder
Tempus Adventus Advisory
Head of Technology
National Stock Exchange of Australia
Vice President special projects
247Solar
HR Manager
Teem Technologies
Senior Product Manager E-Commerce
1800 Contacts
Systems Engineer
Workfront
Analyst, Global Brand Planning
Ralph Lauren
Territory Manager
Veeam Software
Chief Medical Officer
Catasys
Lead developer
Centeva
Senior Solutions Consultant
Tealium
CHRO
BMGI
Event Marketing Manager
Lyft
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Evelar Solar
Enterprise Account Executive
MongoDB
Vice President, Human Resources
Advisor Group
Director Performance Analytics
Fiserv
Sr. Corporate Recuriter
Western Governors University
CEO/Talent Agent
Hadassah Group LLC
Vice President Marketing Communications
Welltok
Creative Director
Teem
VP Finance
Pelion Venture Partners
CTO
Doctor.com
Student
Utah State University MHR
VP of Products and Operation
Florence Healthcare
Managing Director
Alberleen
Account Executive
Alpha
Partner Development
TEEM
Partner, CEO & Board Services Practice
Heidrick & Struggles
Founder & CEO
Green Business BASE CAMP
LECTURER
PENN STATE
Senior Vice President
Bright Health
Business Analyst
Zions Bancorporation
Manager of Product Development
Ralph Lauren
District Manager
Vivint
Project manager
University of Utah Health
Content Marketing Manager
Sorenson Media
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Oracle
Senior Product Owner
Dell Technologies
Student
Snow College
Founder
datalab.cc
Graphic Designer
Teem
Senior Corporate Recruiter
Vivint Smart Home
Executive Director
Spark
Account Executive
Carta
Associate, Compensation
Ralph Lauren
CEO & Co-founder
Weave
Executive Director
UAngel
Rainmaker
Power Women Investing
Technical Product Owner
O C TANNER
Chief Operating Officer
Refuge Recovery Treatment Centers
Director, Advertising Cloud
Adobe
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
SPARK Solutions for Growth
President
BMGI
Director, People & Development
Ralph Lauren
Strategy
SheNovation Ventures
CEO
PractiGal
Chief Transformation Officer
HLTH
Partner/Co-Founder
Alpha Venture Partners
Director of Corporate Communications and PR
Podium
VP, People
Lyft
Founder & CIO Chief Inspirational Officer
Pro Voice Movement for Women
Deal Analyst (Licensed Attorney)
Adobe
COO
AVERON
Founder / Owner
LGBT Financial
Student
Snow College
Managing Director, HRIS
Charles Schwab
Marketing Manager
CenturyLink
Software developer
NA
Enterprise Account Executive
Teem
TA Manager
Vivint Smart Home
Analyst
Overstock
Director a Career Services , Accounting
BYU
Content Manager
Teem
VP, Talent Acquisition
Vivint Smart Home
Director of Communications
LDS Church
writer
Rhett Wilkinson
Executive Assistant
Teem
Partner & Founder
Contravent
CEO
Artemis Staffing
Head of Product
Cake Technology
Full-stack Web Developer
OC Tanner
Business Engagement Consultant
Marketopia
QA Engineer
Domo Inc.
Customer Success Manager
Teem
VP IT
Zions Bancorporation
Student
Columbia University
Director
GE Ventures
Senior Associate
Gensler
Acknowledgements
Parity.org would like to thank Josh James and the Domo team for their early collaboration on the Parity.org model and for creating this awesome website.
Parity.org would like to thank Patrick Kennedy and The Kennedy Forum for their generous donation of our URL: Parity.org—thus giving us our great name.
