theBoardlist is a curated talent marketplace that connects highly qualified women leaders with opportunities to serve on private and public company boards.
We invite CEOs, leading executives and investors to help identify and recommend as well as search for women board candidates in a private, peer-to-peer platform.
Our vision is for 100% of companies to view and most importantly, act on increasing gender diversity on their boards as an opportunity to realize greater performance.
We began with a focus on technology company boards and have since expanded across industries. By our estimate, roughly 75% of privately funded technology companies have absolutely no women serving on their board. Yet research clearly shows that board diversity is a proven driver of business performance.
Today, thanks to the power of our community, we have access to thousands of women leaders with talent, track record and thoughtfulness to be stellar board members.
In May 2015, fifty-nine women in the technology community co-signed an open letter urging tech leaders to "#choosepossibility" by recognizing and mobilizing top female talent. That message received an overwhelmingly positive response, demonstrating a shared commitment to tangible action toward achieving gender diversity.
The #choosepossibility project channels momentum in our community toward differentiated, structured and scalable solutions that will enable women to contribute and succeed at the highest levels.
We have the will and resources within our community right now to bring more women leaders into the boardroom. Let's get started.
