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WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 97 How 4 female hospital executives lead by example By Kelly Gooch G ender disparities continue to exist across the U.S. workforce. However, female executives at four Ohio hospitals have been able to break down barriers and lead by example at their organizations, the Tribune Chronicle reported June 5. e newspaper recently interviewed these four executives about their careers and leadership styles: • Genie Aubel, president of Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital • Kathleen Harley, president of Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital • Char Wray, MSN, RN, president of Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital • Krista McFadden, MSN, RN, president and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren Here are four quotes from their interviews: 1. Ms. Aubel on her drive to excel: "I'm wired that way. Part of it is how I was raised; it was my parents. ose are the biggest influences in our life to begin with." 2. Ms. Harley on sleeping at the hospital overnight during a snowstorm: "I didn't know how many people weren't showing up, and when we got those 16 inches, I thought, well, if the president can't show up when there is 16 inches, how can I expect other people to show up, to get in their car and get here?" 3. Ms. Wray on making mistakes: "It's OK to stumble and make a mistake. You just get yourself up and dust yourself off and you go." 4. Ms. McFadden on being present: "It's not about the office and the big chair and the desk and all of those things. It's really about your ability to connect with people and motivate people to be better and do more and sometimes do more with less. e pandemic showed us it's not always going to be that you're going to have all the resources that you're going to need, so then what?" n Women becoming CFOs in record numbers By Alexis Kayser T he year 2021 saw a record number of Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies with female CFOs at 15 percent, Fortune reported Aug. 22. That number points to positive trends for women. Fortune cited research from Cowen Partners Executive Search, which tracked 250 CFO appointments at major companies in 2022 through July. Cowen's research found that one-third of first-time CFOs hired and CFOs promoted have been women, and 19 percent of those moves have involved women of color. "I believe the reason we are seeing more female CFOs now is that for years companies have invested in hiring women at levels that allow for leadership development. Now, there is a bench of qualified candidates," Shawn Cole, Cowen Partners' president, told Fortune. n 10 best, worst states for women's equality By Kelly Gooch W omen in New Mexico receive the most equal treatment in the U.S. while women in Utah are on the other end of that spectrum, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. To identify the best and worst states for women's rights, analysts compared the 50 states across 17 measures of workplace environment, education and health, and political empowerment. The metrics ranged from the gap between female and male executives to the disparity in unemployment rates between genders. More information about the methodology is available here. Here are the 10 states with the highest overall ranking, according to the analysis: 1) New Mexico 2) Nevada 3) California 4) New York 5) Vermont 6) West Virginia 7) Hawaii 8) Maine 9) Massachusetts 10) Michigan Here are the 10 states with the lowest overall ranking, according to the analysis: 1) Utah 2) Georgia 3) Idaho 4) Oklahoma 5) South Carolina 6) Tennessee 7) Colorado 8) Kansas 9) Texas 10) Alabama n