Marilyn Tam is a corporate leader, speaker, corporate consultant,
author and respected humanitarian. Her background includes executive
roles at several world-class companies - CEO of Aveda, President of
Reebok Apparel & Retail Group and Vice President of Nike. She is
also a successful entrepreneur, having developed and built three
companies in diverse fields: corporate consulting & training, a web
portal company and a web-based supply chain software company.
Marilyn is currently the Co-Visioneer of HealthWalk,
a leading edge, integrated healthcare services and natural products
company. She also consults and speaks globally with Fortune 500
companies, governments and non-profit organizations on Leadership,
Diversity, Change Management and how to Integrate Social &
Environmental concerns into Businesses profitably.
Ms. Tam is a director on the national board of SCORE Association. 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 is the founder and Executive Director of the Us Foundation whose mission is to facilitate global action and dialogue on social, economic and environmental issues.
Ms. Tam served for five years on the international board of The Reebok
Human Rights Awards, along with former President Jimmy Carter; renowned
musicians Peter Gabriel, and Sting, Rafer Johnson, Chairman of the
Special Olympics; and Kerry Kennedy Cuomo of the Robert F. Kennedy
Memorial Center, and Paul Fireman, Chairman of Reebok International
Ltd. She was awarded The Reebok Human Rights Award for her humanitarian
work.
She 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.
Ms. Tam is a lifetime member of Who’s Who World Wide and is
listed in Who’s Who in American Women. She was honored with the Artemis
Award for her business and humanitarian work by the Greek government
and the Euro American Women’s Council in Athens, Greece, with her
likeness on a Greek postage stamp. In 2007 she was honored with the
Femtor Lifetime Achievement Award from eWomenNetwork. She is featured as one of fifteen accomplished, influential and inspiring women in GLOW www.glowproject.org a documentary movie released in November 2008.
She was recognized as one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the USA by Fempreneur magazine. Jack Canfield detailed her work in his book on the strategies for success, The Success Principles.
Daryn Kagan, former CNN anchor featured Marilyn as one of the 50 people
who dared to dream that they can make a difference, in her book, What’s Possible.
Ms. Tam came to HealthWalk first
as client and she was so impressed by what HealthWalk offered in
helping her improve her health and others’ that she was inspired to
join HealthWalk to share this leading edge healthcare system and
natural products with as many people in the world as possible.
The Story of HealthWalk
