COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
No. 15 BLUE CROSS AND
BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA
Robert Lufrano,
Chairman and CEO
Specialty Lists:
No. 5 on the Top 10 Companies
for Executive Women
No. 10 on the Top 10 Companies
for Recruitment & Retention
Industry: Health Insurance
Main Competitors: Aetna, Cigna,
United Health Group
U.S. Headquarters: Jacksonville, Fla.
Number of U.S. Employees:
8,500
Annual Revenue: $7.47 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.: None
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Chairman
and CEO Robert Lufrano meets
regularly with employee-resource
groups ( 70 percent of the Top 50
do this). The company allocates 50
percent of its philanthropic efforts
to ethnic and GLBT charities
(the Top 50 average is 32 percent).
And 14. 3 percent of its procurement goes to minority- and
women-owned suppliers (the Top
50 average is 9. 9 percent).
Tony Jenkins,
Vice President of
Cultural Competence
and Diversity Systems
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its fifth
year competing for the Top 50, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Florida continues to distinguish itself from the
pack with its strong Human Capital
showing and its CEO Commitment.
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
hosted the first Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association Blue
Diversity Conference in Orlando,
Fla., in April.
No. 16 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
Specialty Lists:
No. 3 on the Top 10 Companies
for Asian Americans
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Main Competitors: Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Pfizer, Merck
U.S. Headquarters: East Hanover, N.J.
Number of U.S. Employees:
13,836
Annual Revenue: $9.5 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
58
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its second year on the list, Novartis has
proven itself a diversity leader,
nationally and globally. The company demonstrates strong CEO
Commitment and has mandatory
diversity training for its entire
work force.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: The CEO
heads the internal diversity council
(which only 54 percent of Top 50
CEOs do) and the company also
has an external diversity council (only
30 percent of Top 50 companies have
this). Novartis has unbiased reten-
tion in its work force and
its management, meaning retention
levels are equal regardless of
race/ethnicity and gender.
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS:
Novartis recently celebrated the first
Global Diversity and Inclusion
Award, recognizing individuals and
teams from the various operating
countries for their outstanding
achievements in embracing differences as a source of strength.
Alex Gorsky,
CEO
Dwight Carter
Michelle
Gadsden-Williams,
Global Head
of Diversity
