Linda Tarr-Whelan is a premier expert on women’s leadership in this country and internationally. She is a ristinguished senior fellow of the national think tank Demos, is cofounder...view moreLinda Tarr-Whelan is a premier expert on women’s leadership in this country and internationally. She is a ristinguished senior fellow of the national think tank Demos, is cofounder and managing director of the consulting firm Tarr-Wheelan and Associates, and serves as chair of the National Advisory Council for the Pax World Women’s Equity Fund.
Linda served as ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in the Clinton administration and as deputy assistant for women’s concerns to President Jimmy Carter in the Carter White House. As CEO of the Center for Policy Alternatives, the leading progressive policy and leadership center for the fifty states, she focused on women and the economy. Ladie’s Home Journal named her as one of the fifty most powerful women in Washington. She has also been a union organizer and negotiator, was lead lobbyist for the two-million member National Education Association, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.view less