Tara Leigh Goode
With over 20 years’ of experience managing complex communication challenges, Tara has a knack for building relationships and compelling storytelling. Her career has spanned a variety of sectors. She spent nearly a decade in public service, first as a teacher and then in government relations and disaster response, where her largest disaster was a notable EF4 tornado. For the last decade, she has been serving in corporate communications, PR, and consulting for innovative, high-tech companies such as Genscape, Wood Mackenzie, Appriss, and Horizon Engage. Today, she is a founding member and executive for Climavision, a weather-tech pioneer and recipient of a $100m strategic investment where she leads government relations and the radar operations division.
Determined to double-down on the need for improved communications in the business world, Tara co-founded Fleur de Lis Communications in the thick of COVID. She still serves as a partner and strategic advisor to the firm.
Tara is passionate about causes that lift up women, especially mothers. Tara has an MSIR in International Relations and a BA in English/Creative Writing.
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Recently, Tara helped launch Climavision, a weather technology start-up on a mission to protect people and property by closing critical low-level surveillance gaps and expanding access to weather data. In her role as the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, she oversees the roll-out of the first-ever private, proprietary weather radar network.
Prior to Climavision, Tara spent almost a decade in remote sensing in both the weather and energy industries. She served at the leadership level for Enterprise Electronics Corporation, a leading meteorological remote-sensing manufacturer where she oversaw the global client portfolio of more than 1,000 systems in more than 90 countries.
At Genscape, Tara built out a new communications department, grew brand awareness and voice share across the globe, and expanded media presence by more than 36% in just 12 months. Tara led internal and external communications efforts including workshops, training, media engagement, corporate events, and writing/editing.
Tara began her career in the public sector, where she spent 7 years working with local and county governments with a range of populations from small and rural to over one million. In her public service capacity, she served as the voice for constituents at the local, state, and federal levels. During her public career, Tara successfully secured over $36 million in grant funding to fund important infrastructure projects such as roads, sewers, water towers, parks, and civic centers. She also spent much of her public service career managing major disasters including one that drew a Presidential visit.
Tara holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Troy University and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of West Florida.