1. Michael Kauffman, Cardinal Health, CFO Panel Discussion J. Regan Thomas, MD Marion Couch, MD Carol Bradford, MD

2.  The difference between female representation overall and the percentage of women in leadership roles ◦ Healthcare, retail, and financial services industries are doing the worst job of promoting women to top positions  Pipeline or “leaky pipeline” ◦ Choosing to go elsewhere

3.  In Surgery, women at the assistant professor level were almost 6 times more likely than their male colleagues to intend to leave academia within 2 years. Schroen AT, Brownstein MR, Sheldon GF. Women in academic general surgery. Acad Med 2004;79:310–8. Colletti L, Mulholland M, Sonnad S. Perceived obstacles to career success for women in academic surgery. Arch Surg 2000;135:972–7.

4. Schwartz et al, OtoHNS 149(1):71-76, 2013

5. AAMC 3.3% (4/121)

10.  Be a Mentor ◦ Women who have male mentors get more promotions and have higher salaries than those with female mentors  Male mentors were higher on the corporate ladder  Be an advocate ◦ Call on women in meetings ◦ Give them chances to lead ◦ Acknowledge achievements  Hire women  Promote women  Share the office housework  **Money March 2015

12.  Executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health Women’s Initiative Network, an employee resource group whose goal is to foster a culture of partnerships that makes Cardinal Health a great place for women to work and grow their careers  Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association “Honorable Mentor”  Institute for Women’s Leadership 2014 “Guys Who Get it Award.”

13.  When did you “raise your hand” Strategically?  Did you have a male mentor?  Do you have a “pearl” for women?