(At-Large Director)

Founder & Principal @ Cultivate

Tara Owens Antonipillai is the founder of Cultivate. She is a well-being consultant, speaker, teacher, and author. Tara combines her unique expertise as a practicing attorney and a positive psychology practitioner to help professionals, teams, and organizations thrive. Tara also helps law firms and other organizations develop and expand workplace well-being programs in a wide variety of formats.

She received both her undergraduate degree and her J.D. from Georgetown University and was a tax associate in Arnold & Porter’s DC office. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Applied Positive Psychology program. She also serves on the D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Committee, and the IWIL Research and Scholarship Committee. Tara is a certified yoga instructor and meditation teacher.

Tara was Chair of IWIL Well-Being Week in Law in 2023. She is co-chair of the 2024 IWIL Well-Being Week in Law. She is also a member of the IWIL Research & Scholarship Committee. Provide thought leadership in developing a strategic approach to navigating the nexus of wellbeing and DEI.