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LATINA Style Magazine Announces the 2009 LATINA Style 50 Report

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“ proudly announces the LATINA Style 50 Report for 2009. Now in its 12th year, this annual evaluation sets the standard for identifying corporations that are providing the best career opportunities for Latinas in the U.S. The LATINA Style 50 Report is the most respected evaluation of corporate America’s career advancement opportunities for Latinas. This year, more than 800 of the most prominent corporations in the United States were included in the extensive search.

Companies responding to LATINA Style’s questionnaire are evaluated based on issues that LATINA Style readers identified as most important to them in the workplace. Among the principal areas of evaluation are: number of Latina executives, mentoring programs, Latina board members, educational opportunities, alternative work policies, dependent/child care support, employee benefits, women’s issues, job retraining, affinity groups and Hispanic relations. Evaluations for the 2009 annual report were based on 2008 data.

“Latinas’ climb to the upper echelons of the corporate ladder has been severely impaired by the harsh economic conditions in today’s market. Their lack of seniority has put them at a disproportionate disadvantage in the implementation of retention efforts,” says Robert E. Bard, president and CEO of LATINA Style, Inc. “We commend the companies that in spite of the economic and market pressures have made significant efforts to maintain or even increase Latina representation in their upper ranks. We have gone to great lengths to provide a reliable resource for Latinas to evaluate companies and after a year of research, we firmly believe that the 2009 LATINA Style 50 truly represents some of the best opportunities corporate America has to offer.”

, based in Oakland, CA, is the company of the year. is one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, ’s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of their members and the communities they serve. currently serves 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia.

“We are honored to be named as the best company by LATINA Style in the publication’s 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States,” said George Halvorson, chairman and chief executive officer of . “Diversity is a critical piece of our values as a mission-driven organization. It would be impossible for us to improve the health of the communities we serve if we didn’t recognize and support the diversity in those communities. For us, diversity is not an add-on agenda, but a core business principle, and the diversity of our members and staff is a reflection of our success.”

An annual awards ceremony honoring the LATINA Style 50 Companies will take place on February 4, 2010 during LATINA Style’s Diversity Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information regarding the LATINA Style 50, please visit the web site at www.latinastyle.com.

                      2009 LATINA Style Top 50 Companies
                              
                                   Inc.
                         Marriott International, Inc.
                          Communications, Inc.
                          Southern California Edison
                             Prudential Financial
                                 Macy's, Inc.
                              Johnson & Johnson
                               WellPoint, Inc.
                             Stores, Inc.
                               IBM Corporation
                            McDonald's Corporation
                             General Mills, Inc.
                                PepsiCo, Inc.
                          Corporation
                          Principal Financial Group
                             & Company
                                     Citi
                             BNSF Railway Company
                           Darden Restaurants, Inc.
                                  MGM MIRAGE
                                Northern Trust
                                Comerica Bank
                            The Coca-Cola Company
                              Kraft Foods, Inc.
                         Insurance Companies
                                 Sodexo, Inc.
                            , Inc.
                       New York Life Insurance Company
                              Aflac Incorporated
                           American Express Company
                              Xerox Corporation
                               Kellogg Company
                      Army & Air Force Exchange Service
                                Credit Suisse
                                     USAA
                                  Fannie Mae
                                Morgan Stanley
                     Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
                          Colgate-Palmolive Company
                              
                             Comcast Corporation
                           Insurance Company
                                 Freddie Mac
                              Communications
                        Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
                                , Inc.
                                  Aetna Inc.
                      Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
                           Hyatt Hotels Corporation

                              Honorable Mention
                            Corporation
                Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
                            General Motors Company
                              Ryder System, Inc.
                        Union Pacific Railroad Company

    CONTACT: Alma Luisa Andrade
    (703) 312-0904 Phone
    almaluisa@latinastyle.com

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