Tara Sweeney

Tara Sweeney
Katuk
Sweeney in 2018
13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office
July 9, 2018  January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKevin K. Washburn
Succeeded byBryan Newland
Personal details
Born
Tara Katuk MacLean

(1973-07-28) July 28, 1973
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMichael Sweeney
Children2
RelativesEileen MacLean (mother)
EducationCornell University (BS)

Tara MacLean Sweeney (born July 28, 1973) is an American businesswoman and former political appointee who served as assistant secretary of the interior for Native American affairs from July 2018 to January 2021. Sweeney is an Alaska Native and previously served in the cabinet of Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. In 2022, she unsuccessfully ran to represent Alaska in the United States House of Representatives. The election was won by Democrat Mary Peltola.