Tara Ford

Tara Ford has extensive work experience in marketing, communications, and fundraising. Tara is currently the Chief Development Officer at Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio. In this role, they lead and manages a team responsible for agency funding and relations through various initiatives such as fundraising, grants, and donor engagement. Prior to this, Tara worked as the Interim Vice President of Mission Advancement at the same organization. Tara has also held positions at Texas A&M University-San Antonio as the Director of University Marketing Strategy and at Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio as the Director of Marketing Communications. In addition, Tara has experience working at the American Cancer Society, where they served as the Chair of Relay For Life and held various leadership roles on the Board of Directors. Earlier in their career, they worked at Southern Illinois Healthcare as a Senior Membership Program Assistant and at Compaq Computer Corporation as an Event Marketing Manager and Product Launch Coordinator.

Tara Ford completed their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Marketing from St. Edward's University, attending from 1994 to 1997. Afterwards, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, from 2000 to 2001.