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Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee |
| 301 W Wisconsin Ave., Ste 300 |
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| Milwaukee, WI 53202 |
| (414) 905-0106 |
| jtaylor@greatermilwcomm.com |
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| Julia Taylor was appointed to the position of first woman president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC) in December 2002. As president of the GMC, Taylor leads one of the oldest civic leadership groups in the country. The GMC fosters public-private partnerships and is a catalyst for revitalization of the downtown and inner city, as well as promoting collaboration on regional issues. Currently, the GMC’s initiatives include improvements in education, regional economic development, inner city revitalization, transportation and quality of life, with a particular commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity. The GMC membership is comprised of Corporate CEOs, university presidents and chancellors, labor leaders and foundation presidents.
Taylor was executive director of the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee for 16 years and managed a $40 million annual budget. During her tenure at the YWCA, she led initiatives, which resulted in national models in employment training and placement, affordable housing, women’s leadership and racial justice.
Taylor has served on the Governor’s Glass Ceiling Commission, the Commission on Racial Profiling, the Governor’s Work Force Investment Board and National Association of YWCA Executives and on the Big Brothers Big Sisters Board of Directors. She is a current board member of VISIT Milwaukee, the Governor’s Council of Workforce Investment, Aurora Health Care (the largest health care provider in the state), Council of Small Business Executives, PEARLS for Girls and the University Club of Milwaukee, and is co-chair of the Helen Bader Institute for Non-Profit Management at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Taylor also was the first woman elected to the St. Francis Bank Board of Directors in 1996 and to the St. Francis Capitol Corporation Board of Directors in 1997. She served as co-chair of Capitol Corporation Policy Committee and on the Bank Loan Committee and Audit Committee. St. Francis was a 2 billion dollar high franchise value bank, which was sold to Mid America Financial Bank in 2003, creating a regional mid-cap bank. |
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