Tara L Pavao

Calvert County Health Department

Mar 2010 to 2000
Program Coordinator II
Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
Lanham, MD
Jun 2010 to Jun 2011
Board Member, Legislative Committee
Office of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry
Washington, DC
Sep 2009 to Dec 2009
Policy Advisor Graduate Intern
Capitol Associates, Inc.
Washington, DC
Sep 2008 to May 2009
Public Policy Fellow
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
May 2008 to Aug 2008
Public Policy Fellow
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Brockton, MA
May 2006 to May 2008
Social Worker
The Women Center
New Bedford, MA
Sep 2003 to Apr 2006
Bilingual Treatment Counselor
AdCare Criminal Justice Services
Dartmouth, MA
May 2002 to Aug 2003
Treatment Counselor
St. Vincent's Home
Fall River, MA
Jan 1998 to Oct 2002
Program Manager

Suffolk University
Boston, MA
2010
Master of Public Administration
Suffolk University
Suffolk, MA
2010
Master of Science in Political Science
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
2005
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Jan 2009
Center for Public Management Graduate Fellow in Public Administration
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Jan 2008
Fellow in John Joseph Moakley Public Policy Fellow
Kennedy School of Government; Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
2008
Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Successful agency spokesperson with a record of newspaper interviews, press releases, and cable television credits. Experience in planning and executing high level community advocacy campaigns and events. Multi-lingual in fluent Portuguese (European and Brazilian) and basic Spanish languages.