Tara Maller — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Currently an Associate Director of Client Service Risk, Public & Social Sectors (U.S.) at McKinsey & Company.
Served as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, focusing on the Iraq insurgency.
Appears as a regular national security and foreign policy commentator on Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Fox Business.
Held roles as Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor for the Counter Extremism Project.
Received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a concentration in International Relations and Security Studies.
Was a research fellow in the International Security Program at New America and a predoctoral research fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center.
Served as Managing Director of Operations and Managing Editor at BrightWire Inc., a media startup providing international economic and political content.

Biography

Tara Maller is an Associate Director of Client Service Risk, Public & Social Sectors (U.S.) at McKinsey & Company, where she specializes in defense, security, and geopolitics. She has been with McKinsey since September 2018, advising clients on complex risk issues.

Prior to her role at McKinsey, Maller served as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, focusing on the Iraq insurgency.