Takiora Ingram is a senior governmental policy advisor on marine conservation from the Cook Islands.
From 1990 to 2004 she served as a senior policy advisor to the governments of the Cook Islands (General Licensing Authority), New Zealand (Te Puni Kokiri), and New South Wales (Department of Community Services).
From 2006 to July 2013, Ingram worked for the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) serving as Executive Director of the All Islands Coral Reef Committee (AIC) Secretariat based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The group has evolved into the present-day Cook Island Business and Professional Women's Association (CIBPW).
[3] In 1993 Ingram withdrew from her involvement with CIBPW to serve as the founding president of Punanga Tauturu, an organisation which provides counselling support and legal services to women and children in domestic violence situations.