Forum of Executive Women’s Champion of Diversity Award Honors
Regional Public Companies With at Least 30 Percent Women on Their Boards
of Directors
Company Website:
http://www.salliemae.com
NEWARK, Del. -- (Business Wire)
SLM Corporation (Nasdaq: SLM) — more commonly known as Sallie Mae, the
nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company — announced
today that, for the second consecutive year, it has received the
Champion of Diversity award from The
Forum of Executive Women. The award recognizes public companies in
the Philadelphia region with 30 percent or more women on their boards of
directors.
According to “Women in Leadership 2017,” a report produced annually by
The Forum and the Philadelphia office of PwC, Sallie Mae is one of 11
companies in the region to qualify for the Champion of Diversity award.
The recipients were identified through research of companies listed in
the Philadelphia Business Journal’s rankings of the region’s top 100
public companies by 2016 revenue.
“It’s gratifying to be recognized once again for the diversity of our
Board, who share in and help guide our mission to make the dream of
higher education a reality,” said Raymond J. Quinlan, chairman and CEO,
Sallie Mae. “As an organization, we seek diversity not only in identity
but also in thought, opinion, personality, and experience. We have those
traits in abundance at Sallie Mae, which helps us continue to innovate
and best serve our customers.”
The gender diversity on Sallie Mae’s Board has also been recognized for
three consecutive years by 2020
Women on Boards, a national nonprofit organization working to
increase the percentage of women on corporate boards to 20 percent by
the year 2020. In its “2020
Gender Diversity Directory,” Sallie Mae is listed as a “Winning (W)
Company” for having at least 20 percent female representation on its
board. Of the 1,745 companies the organization evaluated, only 40
percent earned “W” designations.
For information on saving, planning, and paying for college, visit SallieMae.com.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) is the nation’s saving, planning, and
paying for college company. Whether college is a long way off or just
around the corner, Sallie Mae offers products that promote responsible
personal finance, including private education loans, Upromise rewards,
scholarship search, college financial planning tools, and online retail
banking. Learn more at SallieMae.com.
Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are
not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.
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Contacts:
Sallie Mae
Ellen J. Roberts, 302-451-0428
ellen.roberts@salliemae.com
Source: Sallie Mae
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