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People often ask us about resources for women on boards so we’ve put together a full set here.

Modern Board newsletter – covering corporate board issues and spotlighting the most innovative boards.

Women Corporate Directors – the world’s largest membership organization and community of women corporate board directors. Check out their BoardNext offering.

5050 Women on Boards – provide the research and data about women on boards. Also, have programs for women seeking to get on boards.

Boardlist Reports – read all the latest reports on women/diversity on boards. Get listed for board appointments.

KPMG Board Leadership Center – providing reports, conferences, and thought leadership about board topics. Also, provide board member onboarding resources.

Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness – providing reports and thought leadership on board effectiveness

NACD Blog – This blog (open to all, not just members) is great info for those preparing for a future board seat.

Direct Women – increasing the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards.

BoardSeatMeet – Creating a platform to help women build the social capital needed to be selected to serve on a board.

Protivity – provides reports, articles, blogs, and webinars on relevant and timely board topics.

If you’re looking for help getting placed on boards, these organizations can help.

Athena Alliance – connect boards with women candidates

Trewstar Corporate Board Services – search firm placing women on boards

Women 2 Boards – can help with board bio and other documents. Also places women board members.

Boardspan – Board positioning and search. Has a weekly newsletter on boards that is recommended. Also offers board assessment and matching services.

These communities and databases help women seeking board positions and companies looking for talent.

Women Lead – An Initiative from The Chicago Network

The Boardlist – an invite-only database of women seeking board positions

Equilar Diversity Network – popular database aligned with many of these other organizations where you can get listed if you’re seeking a board role

Diverse Directors Database – data pool of candidates with global diversity across a spectrum of experience (CalSTRS and CalPERS established, now will be available in the Equilar Diversity Network)

Forte Foundation – list of global board-ready women – you can apply to join.

Board Prospects – board candidates list – you can apply to be listed

Him for Her – invite-only, connecting boards with women candidates

These organizations are focused on increasing not just women on boards but other diversity as well.

Latino Corporate Directors Association – an association of Latino women on boards

Black Women on Boards – Provides opportunities for talented Black female executives to serve on boards

Board Diversity Action Alliance – Ursula Burn’s initiative to increase diverse representation on corporate boards of directors in the U.S.

Ascend Pinnacle board initiative for Asian-American sitting and aspiring board members

Quorum is the board initiative for LGBT business leaders. Certified B Corp, dedicated to driving LGBT+ equality forward worldwide

HeForShe –  diversity initiative bringing men into the conversation. Some of these men have committed to help women get on boards.

The following organizations offer board training.

Upward Board Leadership Program (formerly Watermark) – Women’s organization that runs a board series

How Women Lead – Bay Area women’s organization that has a board series

Board Leaders – provides director education

Women’s Leadership Foundation Boardbound – board readiness training

Stanford Directors’ Consortium – 5-day top-notch board training program for board members

Director’s College – the nation’s premier executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms.

UCLA Fundamentals of Board Service – 3-day board readiness program

Harvard School of Public Health – women in healthcare board readiness program

NACD Accelerate – two-year program to gain the tools, resources, and exposure to launch your career as a corporate director.