Bio

Tara McClanahan is part of the Adviser Compliance Support Services team at PINE providing supervisory oversight of various investment adviser compliance programs. In this capacity, Tara monitors market abuse risk, advises on marketing practices in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions and consults on fund launch services for PINE’s adviser clients. This includes building out policies and procedures specific to each client’s business while considering the ever-changing regulatory environment and conducting ongoing risk assessments that consider a wide range of SEC priorities. Tara serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for a Registered Investment Adviser. All of this is done with a sharp focus on regulatory exam preparedness and new rule rollout.

She joins PINE from Partners Group where she was on the Regulatory Compliance of the Americas team and operationally responsible for the compliance of all US marketing activities. In law school, Tara was a summer associate at Munro Leys and a Pax Romana extern at an NGO to the United Nations Office in Geneva. Tara earned her juris doctorate degree from St. Thomas University College of Law in 2020. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Benedictine College graduating with triple majors in French, Theology, and International Studies, with double minors in Economics and Political Science, and a concentration in Sociology. She enjoys restaurant-hopping with her fiancé, playing with her mini-goldendoodle, and visiting family in Montana.