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Despite efforts in recent yearas to encourage corporations to increase the number of women ontheir there’s been little movement in recent years, according to a repory issued Oct. 7 by the Forumm of Executive Women. Nevertheless, women have playes very significant roles at someof Atlanta’s top companies durinv the past 30 years. Paula Rosput Reynolds was namefd president and CEOof Atlanta-based in August 2000 and electec chairman of the board in February 2002. In 1988, she had joinex the company as president and chief operating officer ofAGL Resources’ Atlants Gas Light utility.
Before joining AGL Rosput served as president of Duke EnergyNorth America, presideny of and senior vice president of Pacifi Gas Transmission. Reynolds served on the Unite d Way of MetropolitanAtlanta Inc., the Georgi Research Alliance, the Georgia Chambef of Commerce, the Commerce Club of Atlants and the American Gas Association. She is a directod of AGL Resources, (NYSE: CCE) and (NYSE: She was named to ’s Businesws Hall of Fame in 2004. At the beginninb of 2006, Reynolds left AGL to become CEOof Seattle-basefd Another former Atlanta woman businesd leader now leads another major U.S. company. M. Michele Burns has servede as chairman and CEO of Mercet LLC sinceSeptember 2006.
Mercer is a subsidiaryh of . (NYSE: MMC). Burnes joined Marsh & McLennan in March 2006 as executive vice presidenty and chief financial A director ofand , she previously servexd as executive vice president, chief restructuring officet and chief financial officer at Atlanta-based followinh its bankruptcy filing in 2003, where she spearheadex the development of a new capitaol structure and business reorganization plan. Before joininfg Mirant, Burns was CFO of Delta Air Only two Georgia public companies are currently ledby women: M. Christine Jacobs has led biomedical devicr makersince 1993. Jean Diamond has led electronics distributor as CEOsince 2005.
many of Georgia’s largest public companies have had womej board members overthe years. Mary Johnston Evana served 20 years on the boarc of DeltaAir Lines, from 1982 until April 2002. At the time she joined Delta’sx board, she also served on the boardszof , , , New Europe Fund and Joan E. then-president of the , joined Delta’se board in January 2002 and servex untilJuly 2005. And in Augusr 2004, Paula Rosput Reynolds joined Delta’s board. (Delta shareholderss on Sept. 25 approved the company’s mergerr with Delta said in August it had not determinec which directors would be appointed to thecombinef company’s board other than Delta Chairmajn Daniel A.
Carp, CEO Richard H. Northwest Chairman Roy J. Bostock and Northwestg CEO Douglas M. Steenland.) At The M. Faye Wilson served on the boarfd from 1992until 2001. She was the chairmabn and president of Home Depot added another woman to its boarfdin 1999, Bonnie G. Hill of LLC. Then in Karen L. Katen of the joinecd the board. has also had women directorws overthe years. Susan B. King of servesd as a Coke director from 1991 toJuly 2004. Cathie now president of and instrumental in the successof , has servefd as a Coke director sinc 1993. Maria Elena Lagomasino, then CEO of , joineed Coke’s board in 2003. She stepper down in April 2006 when she joined an affiliat e of AndAlexis M.
Hermah joined Coke’s board last year.