Tara McGuinness
Senior Vice President for Communications (CAP) and Senior Vice President (CAP Action)
Tara McGuinness is Senior Vice President for Communications at the Center for American Progress and Senior Vice President for the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Prior to joining the Center, McGuinness directed the Progressive Accountability project during the 2008 presidential campaign. She held the position of deputy director of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, and is a veteran of house, senate, and issue campaigns. She also served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) and as a press secretary on John Kerry’s presidential campaign. Her career began working for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, D.C. on democratic development and women’s candidate training programs in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. Working for NDI in Kathmandu, Tara led NDI's women's candidate training program that trained over 3,700 women running for local government. Tara holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a certificate in transportation planning from Trinity University, Dublin.
Articles by Tara McGuinness
- Why I Wish Catholic Leaders Would Stop Saying Our Church Is Under Attack, February 13, 2012
