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Her Turn. Why it’s Time for Women to Lead in America
It’s time for women to lead in America and women need to make it happen. Women must hire women, promote women, vote for women. What holds women back from doing this? Why don’t we take our place at the head of the table? Today’s guest, Vicki Donlan, author of Her Turn: Why It’s Time for Women to Lead in America, will guide us through the evolution and progress women have made in leadership positions and offer some sound advice on how we, as women, can effect change.
Featured Guest
Vicki Donlan is a business broker with VR Business Brokers in Hingham, MA and she is President of Vicki Donlan, an independent consulting firm assisting entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and develop an exit plan.
Vicki is the former publisher and founder of Women’s Business, a 25,000 controlled-circulation newspaper devoted to women in business in the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island region. The newspaper was founded in 1998, and sold to the Boston Herald in 2004.
Her first book HER TURN Why It’s Time for Women To Lead in America was published in September 2007. She is a regular guest discussing women in business on New England Cable News’ Business Day and a well-known speaker.
Vicki was the first Executive Director of The Commonwealth Institute, co-founder and first Executive Director of the South Shore Women’s Business Network and founder of The Alliance of Women’s Business and Professional Organizations.
Listen to the December 22, 2009 show, or visit our VoiceAmerica archive to hear any of our previous shows.
