The Gay Financial Network named American Express its Company of the Year in announcing its annual list of the 25 most powerful gay and lesbian executives and the 50 most powerful Fortune 500-ranked, gay-friendly publicly traded companies.
Gay and lesbian executives nominated for and named to the 2001 gfn.com 25, for the second year in a row, include: David Bohnett of the David Bohnett Foundation; Wesley Combs and Robert Witeck of Witeck-Combs Communications; Tim Gill of the Tim Gill Foundation; Fred Hochberg, formerly of the Small Business Administration; Kathy Levinson, formerly of E*Trade; Cynthia Martin, formerly of Eastman Kodak; and Robert Page, of Replacements Ltd.
Aside from American Express, the companies making the top 50 included: Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Aetna Inc., FleetBoston Financial Corp., Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co., Charles Schwab Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Chubb Corp., Allstate Corp., Honeywell International and Fannie Mae.
For the lists, visit www.gfn.com/gfn/gfn25.phtml and www.gfn.com/gfn/gfn50.phtml.
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