With a background in events, project management and operations, Tara has over 16 years’ experience in senior general management, having previously worked at the Port Adelaide Football Club and Adelaide Film Festival, before her current role overseeing Adelaide Fringe’s operations and finance departments as Executive Director – Operations & Finance.

Over the past 3 years, Tara has led the establishment of the Adelaide Fringe Reconciliation Action Plan, Sustainability Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, with a Multicultural Inclusion Action Plan in the works.

With a mission to make Adelaide Fringe the most inclusive festival in the world, Tara has championed diversity and inclusion at Adelaide Fringe, working with First Nations and Multicultural leaders as well as Disability consultants to achieve outcomes to make the arts accessible to all.