Tara L. Gillam
Manager
Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Tara L. Gillam is the manager of the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Fla. She is responsible for the management of the Equal Opportunity Programs for the center. Gillam provides advice and guidance to center management about diversity and equal opportunity programs and policy as they relate to the workforce, center programs, the community, business, and academia.
Gillam was previously a human resources specialist for KSC and joined NASA after a 17-year career with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. At NIH, Gillam provided leadership in employee relations and development, first with the National Cancer Institute, and then with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Gillam considers herself a Maryland native, although much of her youth was spent traveling as part of a military family. Gillam is married to Dan, the district ranger at the Canaveral National Seashore, and they have two sons, Danny and Nolan. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a dual major in sociology and psychology from Regents College, University of the State of New York and received her law degree from the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington, D.C. Gillam is a member of the Florida State Bar Association.
May 2006
Biographies - Current Employees