Tara Duncan

Tara Duncan is an American executive in the entertainment industry. She is president of Onyx Collective, which focuses on content creators of color and underrepresented voices, and is known for her role in diversifying content. Duncan previously served as president of Freeform, Disney's cable network for Gen Z, from 2020–2023. As of 2021, Duncan was one of only a few entertainment industry executives in the United States who is black. In 2023, Duncan was named a 2023 Black Women in Hollywood Honoree by Essence magazine. Early life and education An avid television watcher since childhood, Duncan grew up in Inland Empire, two hours east of Los Angeles. She was a fan of My So-Called Life and General Hospital. During her senior year in high school, Duncan had an internship at ABC Daytime, which she secured with help from Sarah Dorsey Rice of the Emma Bowen Foundation. She attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Career Duncan worked at production company Section Eight, founded by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. In 2005, she moved to New York City and worked for HBO, before moving to a role in production at AMC, which was in the early stages of building original series such as Breaking Bad.