Unlike the vast majority of our emails and blog posts, this one does not have a direct connection to employer/employee relationships in the workplace. It does, however, pertain to one of our favorite captains of industry, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty, CEO of IBM.
This post aims to question the predicament that the male-only Augusta National Golf Club, a bastion of gender discrimination, has with the three traditional and fixed seats on their Board of Directors: the CEOs of Exxon, AT&T, and IBM.
Christine Brennan, a regular columnist on the sports pages of USA TODAY and an undergraduate classmate of Rometty’s, reports that Rometty did not return an email inquiry from her on the subject. (See Brennan’s article about the Augusta quandary here.) So the world waits with bated breath to see what Augusta decides.
- Is Rometty already a member and we don’t know it yet?
- How will the Board of Directors decide? Will Rometty be the first female ever to wear a green jacket? Or will she be rejected, too?
- Since they haven’t yet announced a decision, your opinion could count. What should the Board of Augusta National decide? We’d love to know what you think. Please share your opinions in the comments section below.
