Tara's Bio

Tara Igoe (pron. I-go) is a tenured communications expert and personal/professional development coach trained by revered psychologist, Cloe Madanes and leading peak performance coach, Tony Robbins. She has helped Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, senior and mid-level executives, medical experts, sports and fitness icons, and private sector clients achieve their outcomes. Tara has a natural passion for and deep knowledge of the personal development, psychology, fitness, and healthcare arenas and loves to share her insights and experience to help others. And, she does all of the above with a sense of humor and joy (Tara's also a comedian and trained in comedic improvisation).

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: For more than 17 years, Tara has worked with clients large, mid-sized, and small to help them create and achieve their outcomes. She is founder of Igoe Communications, a communications consulting company, and Cage-Free People, a business and interpersonal relationship coaching company. Prior to starting her businesses, Tara worked as a senior executive in leading marketing communications companies serving myriad clients, as well as in-house for a major southern California hospital spearheading its communications efforts.

• SAMPLE OF CLIENTS TARA HAS WORKED WITH:
• Tony Robbins - subject matter expert and project manager for Tony's latest product, The Ultimate Edge
• Mattel
• Anheuser-Busch
• Canon
• Nature Made vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements
• Guthy-Renker, infommercial company (makers of Proactiv Solution, etc.)
• Beachbody, fitness company (creators of P90X, Power 90, Slim in 6)
• Kinko's
• Hospitals / Healthcare Research Facilities - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Centinela Hospital, UCLA's Center for International Medicine, Tenet hospitals, Harvard University, Baylor University
• Bayer
• Ben & Jerry's
• The Body Shop
• SHS International - Children's medical food product company
• Nonprofits: IMAX Theaters, Ansari XPrize, Businesses for Social Responsibility/Social Venture Network, U.S. Doctors for Africa, Found Animals Foundation, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, The American Heart Association, AIDS Project Los Angeles, The Arthritis Foundation, The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Stop Cancer
• Fitness Experts: Kathy Smith, Denise Austin, Tony Horton, Debbie Siebers, Gillian Marloth, Teigh McDonough
• Hall of Fame & Olympic Gold-Winning Manager, Tommy Lasorda
• Professional Athletes and Sports Teams - The Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers, and Kings
• Medical Experts: Leading national and international physicians (all specialties), medical researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists
• Top Executives (and their teams/employees) from myriad industries
• U.S. and Foreign Politicians, Dignitaries
• Myriad Celebrities

• EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS:
  Undergraduate Degree:
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst - B.A., Communications
  
  
  Certifications:
  - Certified Coach (business and interpersonal relationships), Tony Robbins/Cloe Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention. Training: December 2009 - Summer 2011
  
  
  Certificates of Training:
  - Bereavement & Hospice Counseling Certificate, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  - Medical Terminology Certificate, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  
  
  Board Member: International Coaching Federation, Los Angeles Chapter
  
  
• COMEDIC TRAINING: A former teen model and performer, Tara remembered her passion for entertaining while attending a personal development seminar. The speaker prompted attendees to make a list of the qualities they love most about themselves (ex. kindness, compassion, courage). These qualities are our 'Power Virtues' and meant to be the fuel that helps us in all areas of our lives. A great sense of humor was high on Tara's Power Virtue list. That realization led Tara to weave her joyful spirit and humor into every part of her life and she began studying and performing stand-up comedy. Now a skilled comedian, speaker, and storyteller, Tara performs regularly at popular venues throughout Southern California including: The Improv, MBar, and The World Famous Comedy Store. She has trained with top comedy teachers and is currently studying improvisation at leading improvisational school, The Upright Citizen's Brigade.
  
  
• HOBBIES: In her free time, Tara enjoys being with friends and family and telling jokes to anyone who will listen including her two cats, Penny and Gem. She has volunteered extensively with hospice and other hospital patients, loves animals, and nature (just like her father, Tom), and loves to exercise (yes, you have read correctly). She has gained some of her most profound life insights while hiking the Southern California mountain trails. You can catch Tara having fun and working out with exercise guru Richard Simmons' in his latest dvd, Tonin' To The Oldies.