Reaching 30% Female Board Representation Will Take 33 Years
Geri Elliott · a16z Podcast | Building a Better Board · Jan 2, 2019 · at 23:48
Geri Elliott, corporate board director at Whirlpool and Bed Bath & Beyond, speaks on an Andreessen Horowitz panel about the slow pace of gender diversity on Fortune 500 boards.
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“Current course and speed, to get to 30%, it will take 33 years.”
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