Dr. Raymond Taylor, Senior Fellow
Director, Council for a New Economy Workforce

Policy Expertise: Education and workforce policy, Institutional Accountability, Leadership

Dr. Raymond Taylor joined Southern Growth Policies Board in September 2006 as Senior Fellow and Director of the Council for a New Economy Workforce. He also serves as a program consultant to Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for the development and delivery of a national continuing education community leadership program. He also provides counsel to Morgan State University’s development of the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program.

Ray is the President Emeritus Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). He served for fifteen years as the leader of ACCT, an association of 7,000 elected and appointed public officials, providing for their in-service education and guiding the development of local, state and national public policy in education. During his tenure at ACCT, Ray collaborated with CCbenefits, Inc. to direct the development of a scientifically proven measurement of institutional performance, as return on investment, which is currently being utilized by more than 450 post secondary institutions in North America.

Holding various senior administrative positions at Muscatine Community College, the Eastern Iowa Community College District, and the St. Louis Community College District, Ray designed, and administered numerous local, state and federally funded education and labor programs including: vocational, adult literacy, special needs, dislocated worker, GED and alternative high schools, bi-lingual and migrant education and community economic development.

He received his Doctor of Education at the University of Missouri, and his M.A. and B.S at Northeast Missouri State University.

Contact Ray Taylor at rtaylor@southern.org.