The snapshot also highlights proxy disclosures related to veterans and directors with disabilities and provides advice to boards for increasing refreshment and building a robust — and diverse — board talent pipeline. Among the highlights:
- 72% of the incoming S&P 500 class of directors come from historically underrepresented groups.
- 32% of all S&P 500 directors are women and 22% are from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups — defined as Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino/a, two or more races/ethnicities, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.
