Many of Massachusetts’s biggest companies do not have a single Black board member | Shirley Leung
Change in Corporate America often begins in the board room, and by that measure, the biggest public companies in Massachusetts have a long way to go when it comes to appointing Black directors.

Of the 100 largest public companies in the Commonwealth, close to two-thirds do not have a single Black board member, according to analysis by BoardProspects, an online platform that specializes in corporate director and advisory board searches.

While some companies have achieved a measure of gender and racial diversity on their boards, Black executives have been left behind, accounting for about 4 percent, or only 39 of the 903 board seats tied to the state’s top 100 public companies, according to BoardProspects.

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