Tara Setmayer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder and CEO of The Seneca Project, an organization focused on women's freedoms and democracy.
Resident Scholar at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics since Fall 2020, focusing on civic engagement and democracy initiatives.
Harvard Institute of Politics Spring 2020 Fellow, leading seminars on leadership, communication, and democratic resilience.
Former CNN political commentator, ABC News contributor, and current MSNBC on-air commentator.
Narrated the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary "Dismantling Democracy," which aired nationally in September 2020.
Served as GOP Communications Director for Representative Dana Rohrabacher in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2006 to 2013.
Publicly left the Republican Party in November 2020, identifying as a conservative independent.

Biography

Tara Setmayer is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Seneca Project, an award-winning, women-led content and messaging organization dedicated to mobilizing voters against threats to women’s freedoms and democracy. A nationally recognized political commentator, she is a regular on-air commentator for MSNBC and has been a former CNN political commentator and ABC News contributor.