Marilyn Tam

Accomplishments

• Marilyn Tam is also the author of How to Use What You've Got To Get What You Want.
• In GLOW, a documentary movie released in November 2008, she was featured as one of fourteen accomplished, influential and inspiring women along with Cathie Black, president of Hearst magazines, Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET.
• In The Compass, a movie released in mid February 2009, Marilyn is one of four story tellers along with other respected experts in the fields of personal development, relationships, fulfillment and motivation. The Compass is a movie on personal growth, a story about the journey through life and the lessons we learn along the way.
• She is also a successful entrepreneur, having developed and built three companies in fields as diverse as corporate consulting & training company, a web portal company and a supply chain software company. Ms. Tam consults and speaks globally with Fortune 500 companies, governments and non- profit organizations and on leadership, change management, diversity and how to integrate social & environmental concerns into businesses profitably.
• She is a director on the national board of SCORE Foundation. SCORE is the Resource Partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration and is dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the development, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
• She was the Co-Chair of the N. American Marketing and Promotions for Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004 and now is the co-chair for Universal Forum of Cultures, Monterrey 2007.
• Ms. Tam is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Us Foundation. hose mission is to facilitate global action plans and dialogue to address social, economic and environmental issues. Us Foundation is one of the partners for United Nations Habitat-II, and was nominated as a candidate for the "Best Practice Award" from the United Nations' Habitat II.
• Whether she is directly improving the lot of workers in her contract factories around the world, consulting with corporations and governments or developing and conducting seminars and lectures to train other entrepreneurs in business leadership programs at several prestigious Universities internationally, Ms. Tam always gives back. She is committed to the belief that humanitarian service is integral to and provides an essential balance and relevance to her work.
• Ms. Tam is a lifetime member of Who's Who World Wide and is listed in Who's Who in American Women. She will be honored for work by the Greek government and the Euro American Women's Council in Athens, October 2005 with her likeness on a Greek postage stamp.
• She was invited by the Chinese government to appear as a keynote speaker at The Canton Fair, the biggest manufacturing fair in China, attended every year by tens of thousands of manufacturers and retailers from around the world.
• Ms. Tam is an advisor to the country of Bhutan, working with the Ministers and government officials to transition the country into the 21st Century while retaining their cultural and environmental heritage.
• In 2004 Marilyn was recognized as one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the USA by Fempreneur magazine. She is featured as one of 50 women in the best selling book, "Fearless Women, midlife portraits" by Nancy Alspaugh, Marilyn Kentz, Mary Ann Halpin in 2005.