Michele E. Taylor

A former Democratic National Committee vice chair of finance, Democratic donor Taylor was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by Obama in 2014. She has worked for a number of nonprofits and on former Atlanta mayor’s Kasim Reed’s campaign. Michèle Taylor has served in a number of roles advocating for protection of fundamental human and political rights. She is a Board Member of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and served as its “Power to Inspire” Chair and Development Chair. Taylor, whose mother was a Holocaust survivor, has served as a member of the Committee on State Sponsored Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial, a member of the Committee on Conscience and a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council. In addition, she has served for almost two decades in various roles for the North Carolina Outward Bound School where she has served on the Board and also as an Instructor and Course Director. Taylor earned her B.A. from Mills College and an M.A. from Boston University.