Opinion: Women should be in biotech and health care boardrooms. But mandating they be there is not the answer
True change in the life sciences sector will come only when it adopts a comprehensive approach to diversity for everyone — not with a signature on a bill requiring companies…
A bill that made its way through the California House and Senate is now sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, waiting to be signed. If that happens, public companies headquartered in California would be required to have at least one woman on their boards of directors by the end of 2019; companies whose boards have five or more directors will need to include two or three women by the end of 2021.
The of this legislation is right on target:
