Many believe gender equity is a social issue; the economics tell us gender equity is an opportunity.  Beyond the immediate social injustice, a lack of gender equity causes off spouts and cracks in the workforce pipeline where missed opportunities for potential investment in female employees leads instead to their departure, to a lower level of females in the labor force, and overall decreased levels of leveraging talented women. We have a leaky pipeline — one that costs the U.S. trillions of dollars. Businesses that fail to address this pipeline problem miss out on potential revenue, which constricts their economic footprint, and not only causes a shortage of female talent to get the job done but ultimately lost opportunity for growth and innovation.