> There is no way in hell there is that much of a skew in merit across gender and race boundaries. It’s the long pipeline. Bias from 30 or 40 years ago determi

> There is no way in hell there is that much of a skew in merit across gender and race boundaries. It’s the long pipeline. Bias from 30 or 40 years ago determined who got a chance to earn executive experience and build connections to become qualified to hold a board seat today. We should expect effectiveness, not fairness, from meritocracy, because merit was often not fostered fairly and much potential went undeveloped.