Tamela is the Senior Director of Operations & Administration at the American Association of University Women, where she serves as the primary architect of AAUW’s systems and strategies, ensuring that internal operations are optimized to support the organization’s mission to empower women and girls by championing their success in higher education and pushing for bold policy solutions to create lasting change.
Most recently Tamela also served as the VP of Cooperative Relations with NCBA CLUSA, where she enhanced engagement and impact with the trade association among the collective cooperative leadership community, advancing the legacy of leveraging the cooperative business model to empower people in their businesses and communities.
During the past 20 years, Tamela has worked for several Washington area institutions including the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington Commanders NFL Team, The Washington Post, and George Washington University. Prior to joining NCBA CLUSA, Tamela served as the Executive Director of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and she very fondly served as the Senior Director of Membership Services for the National Association of Wholesalers-Distributors (NAW).
She is also a member of Chief, the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). Tamela has served on the PCMA Global Board of Directors, and is an alumnae of the ASAE 2016-2018 class of DELP (Diversity Executive Leadership Program) Scholars.
Tamela has a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing from Georgetown University and a Master’s in Business in Tourism Administration from The George Washington University.
Tamela is an author who adores a whimsical style to educate and empower women & the LGBT community through the combined magic of entrepreneurship and community networks. She also is an avid sports fan who will coach sports novices on the matrix of sports knowledge, a skeleton key to elite networks whose gatekeepers limit access through the ability to participate in casual sports banter.
