African Americans lose boardroom seats.

African Americans lost ground in the boardrooms of corporate America between 2004 and 2008, according to a recent study commissioned by The Executive Leadership Council. The number of board of directors seats held by African Americans at the nation's largest corporations has declined by 36, or 0.7%, in the last four years. Blacks remain severely underrepresented, with just 413 of the 5,556 board seats.

African American Representation
on Corporate Boards

2004   8.1% Total # of seats held = 449
2008   7.4% Total # of seats held = 413

SOURCE: THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

EDITED BY CAROLYN M. BROWN

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