Monica Taylor
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Monica Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Chair of Delaware County Council | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2022 | |
| Member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education | |
| Assumed office October 26, 2022 | |
| Member of Delaware County Council | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2020 | |
| Member of the Upper Darby School District Board of Directors | |
| In office December 4, 2017 – January 1, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 12, 1983 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Upper Darby, PA |
| Education | University of Maine (BA) East Stroudsburg University (MS) University of Pittsburgh (PhD) |
Monica Taylor (born January 12, 1983) is an American educator and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Dr. Taylor has served on Delaware County Council since January 2020.[1]
Academic career
Taylor is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Director at Temple University in the College of Public Health.[2] Before joining Temple's Department of Kinesiology in 2022, Taylor was a Professor at the University of the Sciences, and St. Ambrose University.[2]
Political career
In 2017, Taylor was elected to serve as a School Board Director for the Upper Darby School District.[3] In addition to being an at-large representative for over 90,000 increasingly diverse residents, Taylor also served as the Co-Chair of the school district's Finance and Operations Committee.[4]
On November 5, 2019 Taylor made history when she won her campaign for Delaware County Council, flipping it to Democratic control in over 150 years.[5] She also became the first black woman to ever be elected to the position.
After becoming Chair of County Council in January 2022, Taylor led the effort to create a Health Department to serve the over 575,000 residents of Delaware County [6].
In October 2022, Governor Tom Wolf appointed Taylor to a the Pennsylvania State Board of Education for a three year term. [7] Taylor serves on the Board's Council of Basic Education, which is tasked with developing a "master plan for basic education Commonwealth."[8]
Personal life
Taylor is a resident of Upper Darby Township where she lives with her husband Jason and their three daughters.
References
- ↑ "Three Delaware County Council members and District Attorney take oath of office Jan. 6 - Delaware County, Pennsylvania". www.delcopa.gov.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Monica Taylor". College of Public Health. September 8, 2022.
- ↑ "2017 Un-Official Municipal Election Results". election.co.delaware.pa.us.
- ↑ "Know the Candidates: County Council and District Attorney". The Swarthmorean. May 10, 2019.
- ↑ "In historic win, Democrats take Delaware County Council in a 'clean sweep'".
- ↑ Pirro, J. F. (March 29, 2022). "The New Delaware County Health Department Is a Long-Awaited First".
- ↑ "Executive Nominations Information - Taylor, Monica". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- ↑ "About the Board". State Board of Education.
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