Tamara is a Community Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in child and family services, education, and mental health. For the past eight years, she has worked as a knowledge broker, supporting program evaluation and implementation. She has led national and local capacity-building initiatives across Australia, such as supporting family violence services to strengthen evidence-based practice and outcomes measurement, and program development in a remote Indigenous community in the East Kimberley.
As Principal Advisor at CEI, Tamara applies implementation science to embed evidence into practice. Her work focuses on common elements approaches in family services and building the evidence base for what works for Aboriginal organisations, practitioners, children, and families. She is committed to improving outcomes for marginalised and vulnerable communities.
Tamara holds a Master’s in Applied Psychology from Victoria University (Melbourne) and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London.
