Linda Tarr-Whelan to join host Bonnie Marcus on "Head over Heels Radio"

Online, June 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, today announced that internationally acclaimed author and women's leadership expert, Linda Tarr-Whelan will join Bonnie Marcus, host of Head over Heels Women's Business Radio program on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel, Tuesday, July 6th, at 2pm Eastern Time.

Linda Tarr-Whelan will discuss her new book, Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping Up and Changing the World, which offers practical steps for women to bring their passions, brains, and backgrounds to the power table and make life better for themselves, their company or organization, and global society.

Host Bonnie Marcus shared, "It is an honor to have Linda on the show. She is a role model for all women and has had a remarkable career. This new book brings her strong experience, powerful research and her personal convictions about women's strengths to the ground level with a practical roadmap for women to move up."

Linda currently directs the Women's Leadership Initiative at Demos, a New York-based think tank. She has been named by Ladies Home Journal as "One of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Washington".

As managing director of Tarr-Whelan & Associates, Inc, Linda built the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) into a leading state policy and leadership center. She initiated and led CPA national policy campaigns and Leadership Institutes for elected leaders and created a bi-partisan and multi-cultural research and communications initiative, "Women's Voices", and two economic summits on the role of women and the economy with the White House in 1997 and at 11 Downing Street Summit in London in 1999.

She was appointed as Ambassador by President Bill Clinton in 1997 as the US Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Linda was Deputy Assistant to President Jimmy Carter in the White House, director of government relations and chief lobbyist for the National Education Association.

Head over Heels airs live on Tuesdays at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamericabusiness.com. All shows will be available in Bonnie Marcus's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel for on-demand and podcast download.

Head over Heels Women's Business Radio explores how women can thrive in business and each week, host Bonnie Marcus conducts in depth interviews with subject matter experts and thought leaders to help women overcome the challenges they face in the business world.

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest in conversations in talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through podcast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at [email protected]

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About Bonnie Marcus:

Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed, CEC has an extensive background in business which includes CEO of a national healthcare company and VP of Sales at two other national companies in the staffing and software industries. In her 20 years of management experience, she has held executive positions in start-up companies and Fortune 500 companies and has also worked independently as a sales trainer and management coach.

Bonnie's company, Women's Success Coaching, assists professional women in effectively promoting themselves to build their businesses and achieve their career goals. She works in corporate environments to facilitate Affinity Groups and individual executive coaching, offers popular teleclasses and workshops, and works one on one with professional women to boost their careers.

Bonnie's popular website and blog, http://WomensSuccessCoaching.com was recently honored by Forbes as one of the top 100 websites for working women.

As a motivational speaker, Bonnie's inspirational and empowering presentations give women practical tools to promote themselves effectively. She is an expert in helping women connect with their value and talent and excels at motivating women to explore their full potential in their professional and personal lives. For more information visit, www.WomensSuccessCoaching.com.

About VoiceAmerica:

Since 1999, the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network has been the pioneer in live internet talk radio. The company acquired the World Talk Radio Network in 2007, and World Talk Radio, LLC was formed January 1, 2010 to manage both networks and VoiceAmerica.TV, which will officially launch Monday, July 5, 2010.

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