Celebrates the organization making the most significant strides toward a board that reflects diverse perspectives — including gender, ethnicity, professional background, and tenure diversity.
Luminary Asset Management
Board of Directors
Luminary overhauled its director nomination process to eliminate tenure-based bias, introducing skills-matrix-driven selection and publishing full diversity self-identification data for every director.
Arcadia Consumer Brands
Board of Directors
Arcadia achieved 50% gender parity and 40% underrepresented-ethnicity representation on its board in 2025, supported by a structured director pipeline program with seven HBCUs and business schools.
Pacific Crest Bank
Governance & Nominating Committee
Pacific Crest became the first mid-cap bank to require at least one director from each of its primary customer demographic groups, linking board composition directly to its community lending mission.