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Navient (Nasdaq: NAVI), a leader in education loan management and business processing solutions, has been named a Winning ‘W’ Company by 2020 Women on Boards for achieving at least 20 percent women on its corporate board before the year 2020. It’s the fifth consecutive year Navient has received this recognition. Six women are on Navient’s 11-member board of directors, including Linda Mills, who was recently elected chair of the board. Additionally, all of the board’s committees are chaired by women. “We applaud the board of Navient for engaging the diverse opinions and perspectives of both genders on their board,” said Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, CEO of 2020 Women on Boards. “Studies have shown that the varied perspectives of women are uniquely valuable to corporations and the challenges they face today.” Winning ‘W’ Companies are cited in the 2020 Women on Boards (2020WOB) annual Gender Diversity Index which tracks the numbers of corporate board seats held by women among the Russell 3000 Index. As of 2018, the percentage of board seats held by women rose to about 18 percent, up from 16 percent in 2017. This upward trend represents good progress, but still, half of the Russell 3000 companies have one or no women on their boards.