Tara O'Donnell

( Massachusetts )

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Introduction

Tara J. O'Donnell is a partner at Murphy Donoghue Partners. With more than 25 years of governmental affairs experience, Tara provides day-to-day client management and counsel to a variety of clients across varied industries, including biomedical/life science; health care; financial services; insurance; pharmaceutical; restaurant/hospitality; real estate development; technology; and telecommunications.

Tara has worked in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives as well as the State Senate. She serves on the judicial council for the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee and the Board of Hospitality Homes. Tara was also the legislative counsel for the Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights (BITAHR) and helped enact the Massachusetts Anti-Human Trafficking Law.

Clients

1) 2Life Communities, Inc.

2) 42 North Dental

3) A.D. Makepeace Company

4) ADA Forsyth Institute, Inc.

5) ADP TotalSource, Inc.

6) Ameresco, Inc.

7) American Staffing Association, Inc.

8) association of american publishers , Inc

9) Boston Landing LLC

10) Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Inc.

11) Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.

12) Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Inc.

13) Curaleaf, Inc.

14) FedEx Corporation

15) Issues Management Group, Inc.

16) Massachusetts Brewers Guild, Inc.

17) Massachusetts Dental Society

18) Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

19) Massachusetts Judges Conference of the Trial Court

20) Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

21) Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Inc.

22) McDonald's Corporation

23) New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association, Inc.

24) Nuveen Securities LLC

25) Pfizer Inc.

26) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Inc.

27) SEIU Local 888

28) Star Store Holdings, LLC

29) The Boston Beer Company, Inc.

30) The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc

31) The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc.

32) Turo, Inc.

33) UHS of Delaware, Inc.

34) United HealthCare Services, Inc.

35) Waymo LLC

36) Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc.

37) Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority

Biography

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Manager of State Government Advocacy, Massachusetts Hospital Association
Deputy Director of Inter-governmental Affairs, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Government and Media Relations Liaison, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Advisory Board
Administrative Aide, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Legislative Aide, Massachusetts State Senate

EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1996
Bowdoin College, B.A., cum laude, 1987

Last Updated: August 14, 2025