Angie Chang, Contributor

Companies with women on their boards have been proven to lead to a higher ROI.

My father died of a heart attack when I was three years old. I went to sleep with a father, and by the time I woke, I no longer had one. My mother, in her grief, subsequently removed all traces of him. There were no photos on bookshelves; no fond holiday remembrances. Asking "What was Daddy like?" drew a vacant response: "He's gone. It doesn't pay to talk about it." What I learned…