Senior Advisor
Tamar has served as NPAG’s first Senior Advisor since 2015, building a practice that mirrors her prior three decades in the nonprofit sector: working predominantly in the education, philanthropy, and conservation fields, with a focus on advancing economic opportunity, health, access, equity, and innovation. In recent years, she has deepened her engagement with the disability justice movement, and dreams of also helping to build and diversify leadership in the LGBTQ space.
Before joining NPAG, Tamar served as program manager, officer, director, VP, EVP, and ED in a series of nonprofits ranging in size and scope, from $6B to pure startup, local to global. In these roles, she was fortunate to be part of exceptional teams at Lesley University, the University of Massachusetts, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, the Amazon Conservation Team, TrueSpark, and others. In between several positions, she consulted with private foundations and public charities on board development, strategic planning, and executive leadership.
In addition to diverse day jobs, Tamar has served on 15 nonprofit boards and public service commissions (chairing six of them) in the areas of education, conservation, economic development, housing, community engagement, and social justice. She currently serves on the boards of All Ages Read Together and Generations for Peace while leading stewardship and earth justice work at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun.
Tamar knows first-hand the impact a talented leader can have on an organization and loves match making compelling missions with personal passions and capabilities. That love led her to executive search, where she has finally found her true calling. She relishes discovering the specific challenges and opportunities of mission driven organizations, especially during leadership transitions, and delights in getting to know the lessons and ambitions of talented executives.
A native of Jerusalem, Israel, Tamar also spent her childhood living in Illinois, West Virginia, and Indiana, before earning a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.Ed. from Harvard University. These days, she and her Irish-Palestinian wife split their time between a farm in northern Virginia and a cottage in North Carolina.