Tara Hehir is a registered pharmacist and regulatory professional with extensive experience across community pharmacy, academia, and professional governance. She currently serves as a Professional Officer with the Pharmacy Council of NSW, where she provides regulatory advice, manages complaints and casework, supports monitoring of practice conditions, and conducts approvals and routine inspections of pharmacy premises. She had previously served as an approved mentor, performance assessor, and panel/tribunal delegate for the Pharmacy Council, supporting practitioner development and protecting public safety. Over more than a decade as a locum and pharmacist in charge, Tara has worked in 50+ pharmacies across NSW and Australia, with practice interests spanning aged care and geriatrics, palliative care, respiratory medicine, compounding, complementary medicines, opioid substitution dosing and IVF medication counselling. She is accredited for Home Medicines Reviews (HMR/RMMR) and pharmacist vaccination services. She is also an experienced educator, having lectured and tutored students at the University of Sydney. Tara is an active leader within the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), including roles as President and former Secretary of the Social and Administrative Pharmacy Section, Executive Committee member of the Board of Pharmacy Practice, and a member of the Statutes Advisory Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Sydney and is registered to practise in Australia and the Republic of Ireland.