Tara was born in Minnesota and grew up in Arizona where she began her career with a residential landscape architecture firm while in college. Post grad, she was recruited by commercial landscaping company as a project manager. Tara went on to build her career in commercial construction where she has spent more than 25 years managing and coordinating projects from the ground up. As Land Development Project Manager for Lifestyle Homes, Tara is responsible for overseeing budgets and analyzing contractor bids. Prior to joining Lifestyle Homes, Tara gained experience in commercial landscaping, homebuilding, land development and commercial construction for both muti-family and build-for-rent projects. Tara holds a Bachelor of Science in management from University of Phoenix. When she is not on the job site, she enjoys cooking, group fitness classes, binge watching her favorite shows or cheering on the USC football team.