Tara Rumler
Tara is an Executive Coach and Leadership Development Specialist with over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has served as a trainer and coach, developing and specializing in Leadership Development and Volunteer Engagement for Generation Z, Millennials, and their leaders.
As an advocate for Volunteerism and Leadership Development, she partnered and managed the volunteer administration for a local host site of the Global Leadership Summit Conference, that partners with over 1,400+ cities and 135+ countries, with a potential reach of over 70K global attendees.
Tara’s working career evolved in a focused Leadership culture, working for an organization that created conferences and trainings for the purpose of equipping and developing leaders. She has unique expertise and passion in guiding leaders from all generations.
Anyone who is looking for increased direction, purpose and clarity, will find Tara’s passion to help people achieve their most aggressive goals, a good fit. She can quickly identify patterns, themes and areas causing a client to feel stuck, and then move them toward an energizing strategic plan.
Tara holds dual Master’s degrees in Organizational Leadership, and a second degree in Executive Coaching and Consulting from the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine. Her capstone project was focused on leading Generation Z.
Tara is certified in the EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Assessment for Leadership, a World leading measure of emotional intelligence that applies decades of research to support effective human performance and development. She is also a certified coach for Paterson Center LifePlan, a process rooted in Tom Paterson’s behavioral change research, to coach individuals through personal and professional strategic planning.
As a member of the Women Speakers Global Collective, she is in an Influencer Cohort of women committed to using their voices and honing their craft.
Outside of the office, Tara is an avid hiker, and fitness buff with questionable coordination skills, and would label herself a California aesthetic with a Chicago appetite. She is one part listener, one part problem-solver, and one part iced Caramel Macchiato with oat-milk and half the syrup.