Ms. Tara L. Gibson
DAF Service Provider Assessable Unit Lead
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Ms. Tara L. Gibson is a member of the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Risk Management and Internal Control Program and the DAF Service Provider assessable unit lead. As such, Ms. Gibson assists in the implementation of OMB’s Circular No. A-123 throughout the DAF resulting with the annual submission of the Statement of Assurance. She is also responsible for the management of third-party risk and relationships through the collaboration with service providers and monitoring/tracking of service organization control (SOC) 1 reports.
Ms. Gibson entered active duty in the United States Air Force in 2000 and served for five years before becoming a military spouse and full-time SAHM. For the next 15 years, she lived in seven different states before settling down in Virginia and returned to the DAF as a civilian accountant in the Palace Acquire Internship Program. She spent her three-year internship learning and working in the area of Financial Reporting and Compliance, where she was permanently placed in August of 2023.