Tara McLain Manthey (TERra)
Returning Light Consulting
Consultant to nonprofit and tribal organizations
Biographical information
Tara McLain Manthey (Osage Nation) of Returning Light Consulting, LLC, is a consultant with diverse experiences in nonprofit leadership, public policy advocacy and direct services. In previous roles, she served as the Executive Director of Denver Indian Family Resource Center, as Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Communications and Development for the Colorado Children’s Campaign and as a reporter at several daily newspapers for a decade. She holds a Master of Legal Studies in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, as well as bachelors degrees in journalism and music (trumpet) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a citizen of the Osage Nation and serves on the Editorial Board of the independent Osage News.Areas of experience
Communications, Community Services, Federal Indian Law, Indian Child Welfare Act