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Top 50 Best Companies for Hispanic Women to Work for in the U.S.

Washington, D.C.--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--April 14, 2003--LATINA Style Magazine, the ONLY national magazine for the contemporary Hispanic woman in the United States, is proud to announce that the LATINA Style 50 – 2002 Awards were presented on Friday, March 28th, 2003 at an exclusive ceremony held at the White House. The event was well attended by notables of the Hispanic community as well as top executives of President Bush’s administration.

Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky addressed the audience and commended the representatives of the Top 50 companies for their company’s incredible achievements in the workplace. Undersecretary Dobriansky highlighted the administration’s work towards women’s worldwide empowerment through the promotion of political and civic participation, educational programs and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Keynote speaker, Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao recognized the Top 50 companies and congratulated them for their “inclusive outlook and creative family-friendly workplaces.” Secretary Chao said “ Their achievements in the marketplace are a clear example that diversity works—that if you open the door of opportunity to Latinas and other minorities, you open the door to success….Latinas are rapidly becoming an economic powerhouse on their own.” She added “(the LATINA Style 50) award and similar efforts by LATINA Style, will act as an incentive to open the door to new career possibilities for Latina workers.”

The annual national listing of the top fifty companies providing the best professional opportunities for Latinas is the most respected evaluation of corporate America’s policies and practices as it pertains to Hispanic working women. The list is the result of an extensive search involving more than 600 of the most respected corporations in the U.S. The LATINA Style 50 - 2001 marks the fourth year the magazine has evaluated corporate America's sensitivity to Latina needs in the workplace.

Companies responding to LATINA Style's survey were evaluated based on the issues LATINA Style readers identified as most important to them in the workplace. The principal areas of evaluation were: Number of Latina Executives, Mentoring Programs, Women on Board of Directors, Educational Opportunities, Dependent/Child Care Support, Leave for Childbirth, Alternative Work Policies, Benefits, Women’s Issues, and Hispanic Relations.

Robert E. Bard, President and CEO of LATINA Style Magazine, says, “As the only national Latina publication focusing on the needs and aspirations of the Latina working-woman, we have a duty to keep Hispanic women informed about corporate America's best employment practices. We appreciate Secretary Chao’s recognition of the work we perform in our community. By the latest count, Hispanic women in the U.S. work force exceed 5 million, and the numbers continue to rise. We have gone to great lengths to evaluate these companies. Latinas can be confident that the LATINA Style 50 – 2002 represents the best corporate America has to offer to the Latina working woman.”

THE LATINA Style 50 – 2002

Aetna Inc.
AFLAC Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company
Altria Group, Inc.
American Airlines Incorporated
American Express Company
Avon Products, Inc.
Bank One Corporation
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Citigroup Inc.
The Coca-Cola Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Consolidated Edison
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
DuPont Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Fannie Mae – Company of the Year
FleetBoston Financial Group
Ford Motor Company
Freddie Mac Corporation
General Mills, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
IBM
Intel Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kellogg Company
Kraft Foods Inc.
Liz Claiborne, Inc
Marriott International, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Morgan Stanley
New York Life Insurance Company
Nordstrom, Inc.
PG&E Corporation
PepsiCo, Inc.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
The Principal Financial Group
The Procter & Gamble Company
Prudential Financial
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Ryder System, Inc.
SBC Communications Inc.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sodexho
Southern California Edison
State Farm Insurance Companies
United Services Automobile Association
Wachovia Corporation
Washington Mutual