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Consulting Team <br /> <br />page 8 of 9 <br />Team Experience <br />Consultant firm have extensive consulting and lived experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion. <br />Seed is a Black-owned consulting practice based in Southern California that specializes in Equity <br />2.0/Targeted Universalism and Organizational Development, assisting clients both locally and <br />nationally. <br />Seed supports institutions and communities creating visionary initiatives to advance a more equitable <br />and sustainable world. Consultant works with clients to reimagine how power and resources are <br />shared and to create new systems and structures that redefine how institutions partner with the <br />people they serve. <br />Seed has provided DEI consulting services to governments, quasi -government entities and nonprofits <br />(see past and current clients listed below). Specifically, Seed has conducted assessments and <br />developed strategic and operational plans related to Equity 2.0 and Belonging. <br />Team Biographies <br />Tara L. Taylor Lead Consultant and Project Manager <br />As a co-founder of Seed Collaborative, Tara is a subject matter expert in Urban Planning matters and <br />economic development and community economic development finance. She also provides leadership <br />for the firm in the areas of financial management and business strategy. Mrs. Taylor spent her early <br />career in Boston as a development and marketing associate with First Night, Inc. before moving on to <br />work at Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF/ ICA Group, a nationally focused socially - <br />responsibly venture capital fund. After arriving in Los Angeles, she settled at Community Financial <br />Resource Center (CFRC), Los Angeles’ first certified Community Development Financial Institution. <br />Tara was an executive with CFRC for 16 years, the last eight years of which she served as its COO. <br />A graduate of Wellesley College, Ms. Taylor’s education als o includes a Master of Arts in Urban <br />Planning in Regional and International Economic Development from the University of California, Los <br />Angeles, and a graduate certificate from the Marshall School of Business in Real Estate Development <br />and Finance from the University of Southern California. <br />Charles L. Taylor Subject Matter Expert- Park Consultant <br />Charles Taylor is a subject matter expert for Seed Collaborative, LLC. Retired, he is a 20-year <br />National Park Service veteran, most noted for his business plan mo del for government adopted by <br />Congress in 2000. Business Plans are now a matter of law for Federally managed Cultural and <br />Natural sites in the National Park Service and the US Forrest Service, as well as Superfund Sites <br />nationwide. He has led many public input processes for cultural and natural sites nationwide, <br />resulting in General Management Plans for Boston African America National Historic Site, Boston <br />National Historic Park, and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. <br />Charles’ focus is on public engagement has been to create universal plans with high levels of partner <br />buy-in. Central to this practice is a thorough discovery of public opinion that is connected and <br />respected by government and policy making organizations alike. <br />99