[1][2] She is known for serving as a conduit between Hollywood donors and liberal political causes in Washington D.C.[2][3] Tabankin became a nationally known campus radical during the 1960s.
[1] She was inspired to become a part of the New Left political movement after hearing activist Tom Hayden give a speech in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey.
In late 1969, she was picked to become one of the first women student trainees at leftist activist Saul Alinsky's School of Community Organizing in Chicago.
[2] After her time working at the White House, Tabankin moved to Los Angeles, where she became executive director of the Hollywood Women's Political Committee.
Tabankin works with Hollywood celebrities like Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg and Donna Karan to allocate funds to liberal political causes.