Prior to joining NWQ in 2008, Tamara spent eight years at Banc of America Securities LLC in the Equity Research Department. She first served as a member of the Equity Research Management team and later returned to research coverage, most recently serving as a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst covering life insurance. Previously, Tamara was a Research Analyst in the Equity Research Department at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Prior to that, she was a Research Associate at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Tamara graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a B.S. in Economics and earned her M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. She is a member of the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts.