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Published: February 2012

This is a list of women who currently hold CEO positions at companies that rank on the most recently published Fortune 1000 list. Women currently hold 3.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEO roles and 3.6 percent of Fortune 1000 roles. 

Fortune 1-500 (18 CEOs) 

• Meg Whitman, HP (#11)
• Virginia Rometty, IBM (#18)
• Patricia A. Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) (#39)
• Angela F. Braly, WellPoint, Inc. (#42)
• Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo, Inc. (#43)
• Irene B. Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods Inc. (#49)
• Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, Sunoco (#68)
• Ellen J. Kullman, DuPont (#84)
• Carol M. Meyrowitz, The TJX Companies, Inc. (#119)
• Ursula M. Burns, Xerox Corporation (#121)
• Laura Sen, BJ's Wholesale Club (#221)*
• Andrea Jung, Avon Products Inc. (#226)
• Deanna M. Mulligan, Guardian (#245)
• Debra L. Reed, Sempra Energy (#274)
• Denise M. Morrison, Campbell Soup (#312)
• Gracia C. Martore, Gannett (#415)
• Beth E. Mooney, KeyCorp (#417) 
• Heather Bresch, Mylan (#418)

Fortune 501-1000 (18 CEOs) 

• Ilene Gordon, Corn Products International (#502)
• Mary Agnes (Maggie) Wilderotter, Frontier Communications (#558)
• Karen W. Katz, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. (#567)
• Laura J. Alber, Williams-Sonoma (#594)
• Kimberly Harris, Puget Sound Energy (#644)
• Mindy F. Grossman, HSN (#670)
• Amy Miles, Regal Entertainment (#691)
• Constance H. Lau, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (#717)
• Tamara L. Lundgren, Schnitzer Steel Industries (#793)
• Cindy B. Taylor, Oil States International Inc. (#797)
• Linda A. Lang, Jack in the Box Inc. (#799)
• Helen McCluskey, Warnaco Inc. (#800)
• Patti S. Hart, International Game Technology (#878)
• Kay Krill, ANN Inc. (#883)
• Sara Mathew, Dun & Bradstreet Inc. (#980)
• Jane Elfers, The Children's Place Retail Stores (#982)
• Patricia Vincent-Collawn, PNM Resources (#983)
• Judy R. McReynolds, Arkansas Best Corp. (#989)

*BJ's Wholesale Club was acquired by a private equity firm in October 2011. It will not appear on next year's Fortune list.

 

Upcoming Changes:

• Andrea Jung, current CEO of Avon (#226), is scheduled to step down in 2012.

 

This list is based on the Fortune 1000 list of companies published by Fortune magazine in the April or May of each year. The number and rank of companies remains unchanged throughout the year until a new list is published. We update our list throughout the year whenever a woman becomes CEO or departs a CEO position at any of the listed companies. Women are counted in our list starting on the date they officially take over their positions. We strive to keep this list accurate and timely; if you have found that we have missed something, or have any questions, please email us at ic-info@catalyst.org.

Catalyst also maintains an historical list of women CEOs that have appeared on the Fortune list. If you would like a copy of the list, email ic-info@catalyst.org

This list was last updated February 1, 2012.