Home Appointments
Appointments
Every entry in the dataset, grouped by organisation initial. 155 total.
Each row is one institutional event: a woman appointed to a senior role that no woman had previously held at that organisation. Each entry's individual page carries a sourced dossier with appointment date, predecessor, career path, and tenure highlights, and shows a verification status badge above the body indicating whether the entry's load-bearing facts have been spot-checked against primary sources. The dataset is appended as new firsts are documented and as historical firsts are added to the record.
The list groups by organisation rather than by appointee surname so the institutional pattern reads first. Browse by sector on the domains page, or chronologically on the timeline.
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| 2011 | École française d'Athènes — Director: Catherine Virlouvet | Sciences |
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| 2014 | Advanced Micro Devices — CEO: Lisa Su | Corporate |
| 1965 | Archaeological Institute of America — President: Margaret Thompson | Sciences |
| 1974 | Argentina Government — President: Isabel Perón | Politics |
| 2007 | Argentina Government — President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | Politics |
| 2022 | Australia Department of Foreign Affairs — Foreign Minister: Penny Wong | Government |
| 2010 | Australia Government — Prime Minister: Julia Gillard | Politics |
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| 1991 | Bangladesh Government — Prime Minister: Khaleda Zia | Politics |
| 1977 | Belmont County Sheriff's Office, Ohio — Sheriff: Kathy Crumbley | Law Enforcement |
| 2007 | Benton County Sheriff's Office, Oregon — Sheriff: Diana Simpson | Law Enforcement |
| 1979 | Bolivia Government — President: Lidia Gueiler Tejada | Politics |
| 2023 | Box Butte County Sheriff's Office, Nebraska — Sheriff: Tammy Mowry | Law Enforcement |
| 2011 | Brazil Government — President: Dilma Rousseff | Politics |
| 2001 | Brown University — President: Ruth Simmons | Academia |
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| 2018 | CIA — Director: Gina Haspel | Intelligence |
| 2021 | CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) — Director: Jen Easterly | Intelligence |
| 2021 | CVS Health — CEO: Karen Lynch | Corporate |
| 1975 | Central African Republic Government — Prime Minister: Elisabeth Domitien | Politics |
| 2014 | Central African Republic Government — President: Catherine Samba-Panza | Politics |
| 2021 | Charleston County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina — Sheriff: Kristin Graziano | Law Enforcement |
| 2000 | Chester County Sheriff's Office, Pennsylvania — Sheriff: Carolyn Welsh | Law Enforcement |
| 2006 | Chile Government — President: Michelle Bachelet | Politics |
| 2015 | Church of England Diocese of Gloucester — Diocesan Bishop: Rachel Treweek | Religion |
| 2015 | Church of England Diocese of Stockport — Bishop: Libby Lane | Religion |
| 2021 | Citigroup — CEO: Jane Fraser | Corporate |
| 2010 | Costa Rica Government — President: Laura Chinchilla | Politics |
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| 2019 | Denmark Government — Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen | Politics |
| 2019 | Denmark Government — Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen | Politics |
| 1980 | Dominica Government — Prime Minister: Eugenia Charles | Politics |
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| 1999 | Fayette County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky — Sheriff: Kathy Witt | Law Enforcement |
| 2014 | Federal Reserve — Chair: Janet Yellen | Finance |
| 2000 | Finland — President: Tarja Halonen | Politics |
| 2019 | Finland Government — Prime Minister: Sanna Marin | Politics |
| 2019 | Finland Government — Prime Minister: Sanna Marin | Politics |
| 1991 | France Government — Prime Minister: Edith Cresson | Politics |
| 2022 | France Government — Prime Minister: Élisabeth Borne | Politics |
| 1993 | Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Georgia — Sheriff: Jackie Barrett | Law Enforcement |
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| 2013 | General Dynamics — CEO: Phebe Novakovic | Corporate |
| 2014 | General Motors — CEO: Mary Barra | Corporate |
| 2011 | German Archaeological Institute (DAI) — President: Friederike Fless | Sciences |
| 2021 | Germany Foreign Office — Foreign Minister: Annalena Baerbock | Government |
| 2005 | Germany Government — Chancellor: Angela Merkel | Politics |
| 2017 | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) — CEO: Emma Walmsley | Pharma |
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| 2007 | Harvard University — President: Drew Faust | Academia |
| 2010 | Hettinger County Sheriff's Office, North Dakota — Sheriff: Sarah Warner | Law Enforcement |
| 2005 | Highlands County Sheriff's Office, Florida — Sheriff: Susan Benton | Law Enforcement |
| 2022 | Honduras Government — President: Xiomara Castro | Politics |
| 1982 | Howard County Sheriff's Office, Maryland — Sheriff: Virginia Donnelly | Law Enforcement |
| 1977 | Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office, New Jersey — Sheriff: Ruth Carpenter | Law Enforcement |
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| 2012 | IBM — CEO: Ginni Rometty | Corporate |
| 2011 | IMF — Managing Director: Christine Lagarde | Finance |
| 1980 | Iceland — President: Vigdis Finnbogadottir | Politics |
| 2017 | Iceland Government — Prime Minister: Katrin Jakobsdottir | Politics |
| 1966 | India Government — Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi | Politics |
| 1990 | Ireland Government — President: Mary Robinson | Politics |
| 1969 | Israel Government — Prime Minister: Golda Meir | Politics |
| 2022 | Italy Government — Prime Minister: Giorgia Meloni | Politics |
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| 2015 | Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, New York — Sheriff: Colleen O'Neill | Law Enforcement |
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| 2005 | King County Sheriff's Office, Washington — Sheriff: Sue Rahr | Law Enforcement |
| 2007 | Knox County Sheriff's Office, Maine — Sheriff: Donna Dennison | Law Enforcement |
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| 1999 | Latvia — President: Vaira Vike-Freiberga | Politics |
| 2006 | Liberia — President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Politics |
| 1995 | Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina — Sheriff: Barbara Pickens | Law Enforcement |
| 2013 | Lockheed Martin — CEO: Marillyn Hewson | Corporate |
| 1952 | Loudon County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee — Sheriff: Gertrude Garner | Law Enforcement |
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| 1992 | MI5 Security Service — Director General: Stella Rimington | Intelligence |
| 2025 | MI6 / Secret Intelligence Service — Chief "C": Blaise Metreweli | Intelligence |
| 2017 | Madison County Sheriff's Office, Missouri — Sheriff: Katy McCutcheon | Law Enforcement |
| 2012 | Malawi Government — President: Joyce Banda | Politics |
| 2004 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology — President: Susan Hockfield | Academia |
| 2015 | Mauritius Government — President: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | Politics |
| 2024 | Mexico Government — President: Claudia Sheinbaum | Politics |
| 2003 | Mower County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota — Sheriff: Terese Amazi | Law Enforcement |
| 2021 | Musée du Louvre — Director: Laurence des Cars | Art |
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| 2021 | NHS England — Chief Executive: Amanda Pritchard | Healthcare |
| 2016 | National Academy of Sciences — President: Marcia McNutt | Sciences |
| 2019 | National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) — Director: Kaywin Feldman | Art |
| 2020 | National Geographic Society — CEO: Jill Tiefenthaler | Sciences |
| 1998 | National Science Foundation — Director: Rita Colwell | Sciences |
| 2017 | New Zealand Government — Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern | Politics |
| 2017 | New Zealand Government — Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern | Politics |
| 1990 | Nicaragua Government — President: Violeta Chamorro | Politics |
| 2019 | Northrop Grumman — CEO: Kathy Warden | Corporate |
| 1986 | Norway Government — Prime Minister: Gro Harlem Brundtland | Politics |
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| 2022 | Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana — Sheriff: Susan Hutson | Law Enforcement |
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| 1988 | Pakistan Government — Prime Minister: Benazir Bhutto | Politics |
| 1999 | Panama Government — President: Mireya Moscoso | Politics |
| 2022 | Peru Government — President: Dina Boluarte | Politics |
| 2005 | Petersburg Sheriff's Office, Virginia — Sheriff: Vanessa Crawford | Law Enforcement |
| 2007 | Pierce County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin — Sheriff: Nancy Hove | Law Enforcement |
| 2015 | Poland Government — Prime Minister: Beata Szydło | Politics |
| 1979 | Portugal Government — Prime Minister: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | Politics |
| 2001 | Princeton University — President: Shirley Tilghman | Academia |
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| 2016 | Taiwan Government — President: Tsai Ing-wen | Politics |
| 2021 | Tanzania Government — President: Samia Suluhu Hassan | Politics |
| 2016 | Tate Modern (London) — Director: Frances Morris | Art |
| 2011 | Thailand Government — Prime Minister: Yingluck Shinawatra | Politics |
| 1997 | Travis County Sheriff's Office, Texas — Sheriff: Margo Frasier | Law Enforcement |
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| 2005 | Valley County Sheriff's Office, Idaho — Sheriff: Patti Bolen | Law Enforcement |
| 2022 | Venice Biennale — Artistic Director: Cecilia Alemani | Art |
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| 2021 | WTO — Director-General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | International |
| 1987 | Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research — President: Sydel Silverman | Sciences |
| 2003 | Windham County Sheriff's Department, Vermont — Sheriff: Sheila Prue | Law Enforcement |
| 1998 | World Health Organization — Director-General: Gro Harlem Brundtland | International |
| 2006 | World Health Organization — Director-General: Margaret Chan | International |
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| 2012 | Yahoo — CEO: Marissa Mayer | Corporate |
| 2014 | YouTube — CEO: Susan Wojcicki | Corporate |