Prior to establishing Whitney Consulting, Tara spent 7 years assessing and providing feedback on business cases for the State Government’s Royalties for Regions program, the biggest grant funding program in Western Australia. During this time, Tara managed more than $1 billion worth of grant fund projects across a variety of sectors, including aged care, recreation, tourism, health, housing, and transport and specialised in community infrastructure projects.
Tara has analysed, assessed, and guided the development of business case funding applications for over 60 Royalties for Regions (RfR) projects, worth more than $1 billion. Tara was the senior officer within the infrastructure team at the Department of Regional Development (DRD), which means that her knowledge of complex infrastructure business cases, including all supporting documentation such as asset management plans, cost benefit analyses, risk management plans and more, is amongst the most comprehensive in the State. Given her role in conducting due diligence, assessing, and providing feedback on areas for improvement on applications, Tara’s knowledge of what assessors are looking for provides a unique and leading edge to her clients.
Due to her experience in the area, Tara developed and implemented the Department of Regional Development’s due diligence process for assessing business case applications. Tara was highly valued as one of the Department’s most detailed and critical assessors and best writers.
Since founding Whitney Consulting in January 2017, Tara has been consulting to state and local government, private and not for profit organisations.