Tara Ballman

Executive Director
National Aging in Place Council

Website: https://www.ageinplace.org/

Tara Ballman is a nationally recognized aging-in-place expert who is passionate about connecting and supporting professionals serving older adults. She is an internationally known author of three books on financial retirement issues, authored the transportation section of NAIPC’s first publication, Aging in Place Conversations: What Industry Experts Have To Say, and wrote the section on security for NAIPC’s second book, Difficult Aging in Place Conversations.

For years, Tara and her family struggled through the evolving stages of her father’s declining health. Unexpected illnesses, unforeseen situations, and a fear of the future was their reality, with so many questions and nowhere to turn. After her father passed, she had a desire to help other families navigate through the stages of aging and proactively plan for future needs, regardless of what life throws at them.

Tara currently serves as Executive Director for the National Aging in Place Council, where she brings professionals and communities together to champion aging-in-place through collaboration, education, and advocacy. She also works as the Aging-in-Place Business Development Manager at Longridge Financial.