Tamara Dorrance is an ethicist with Lighthouse Ethics Consulting, offering ethics based guidance to nonprofits, individuals and businesses. She is also president and co-founder of the Durant Family Foundation, a private foundation celebrating over 20 years supporting communities through solution-based programs and advocacy. Tamara is actively engaged locally with the Austin Advisory Board of the Texas Nature Conservancy and the National Leadership Board of The Blanton Museum of Art. Tamara was raised within an emergent theater and modern dance scene in Colorado, dancing with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, David Taylor Dance Theater, and Perry-Mansfield, eventually working as a freelance instructor and choreographer. She holds a BA from Colorado State University with a minor in Dance and a MS in Organizational Leadership and Ethics from St. Edward’s University. Tamara moved to Austin in 2000 with her husband Charles, where they are raising their two children.
