Tara Church has served as Executive Director of the Wealth & Giving Forum since April of 2007. She began her career in philanthropy at age eight when she co-founded the world's first youth environmental nonprofit, Tree Musketeers, which grew from a neighborhood project to a national initiative that empowered millions of kids to plant trees across America.

Tara is also currently an Attorney at Law with Labation Sucharow in New York. She previously practiced at White & Case, LLP in Los Angeles and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP in New York.

Tara continues to serve as Chairwoman of the Tree Musketeers' board of directors. She is also a member of the executive committees of several charities focusing on the needs of children and the environment. She has published widely on philanthropy, including "Where the Leaders Are", in Warren Bennis’s The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders, 2001. and "Sap To Seedling" in Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul, 2002.

Tara has been honored with President Clinton's Volunteer Action Award and Do Something's first BRICK Award. She represented young Americans on the White House Millennium Council and was among a handful of youth invited by Colin Powell to the President's Summit on America's Future. In 2007, she was named a Women of Worth by L’ Oreal.

Tara is a graduate of Harvard Law School. She received her B.A. Magna Cum Laude with dual honors from the University of Southern California.