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Women Leaders and the Future: An Expanded Vision for Education Abroad
The Honorable Linda Tarr-Whelan
Education abroad is an essential component for leaders of today and tomorrow. That is especially true for women here and across the globe who are poised to be the agents of change for a more globalized world. Since the UN Fourth World Conference in Beijing in 1995, especially in countries other than the United States, bringing more women into leadership has been a major goal. These trends and the factors that make it a global imperative offer opportunities to the education abroad community to be ahead of the curve on preparing leaders for the future.
The Honorable Linda Tarr-Whelan's Bio
Former Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan is a Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative. Her book Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping up to Leadership and Changing the World, was just published in September 2009. She served as Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in the Clinton Administration and as Deputy Assistant to President Jimmy Carter for Women’s Concerns in the White House.
Named as one of the 50 most powerful women in Washington by Ladies Home Journal, she was Administrative Director of the New York State Department of Labor, Policy Director for AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Government Relations Director and Chief Lobbyist for the National Education Association, President/CEO of the Center for Policy Alternatives, and with her husband, the Managing Partner of Tarr-Whelan & Associates, Inc, an international management consultancy. Linda speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to the importance of women’s advancement to communities, companies and the country.
Linda began her career as a nurse and holds a BSN from Johns Hopkins, an MS from the University of Maryland, and honorary PhDs from Chatham University in Pittsburgh and Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
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