{"id":3725,"date":"2021-11-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/article\/bread-for-the-world-names-heather-taylor-as-new-managing-director\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T20:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:01:58","slug":"bread-for-the-world-names-heather-taylor-as-new-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/article\/bread-for-the-world-names-heather-taylor-as-new-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread for the World Names Heather Taylor as New Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.\u202f<\/strong>\u2013\u202fBread for the World\u00a0has\u00a0named\u00a0Heather Taylor\u00a0today as its new managing director. Taylor succeeds Michele Sumilas who earlier this year\u00a0accepted a\u00a0political\u00a0appointment\u00a0as\u00a0the Assistant to the Administrator\u00a0of\u00a0the Bureau for Policy, Planning,\u00a0and Learning at the U.S. Agency for International Development\u00a0(USAID).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to appoint and welcome Heather Taylor as the new managing director of Bread for the World,\u201d said Rev. Eugene Cho,\u00a0president and CEO of Bread for the World. \u201cHaving had the opportunity to work with her this past\u00a0year, I\u00a0have been deeply impressed with her many gifts and strengths\u00a0\u2013\u00a0including her ability to implement\u00a0Bread\u2019s\u00a0organizational vision into strategic success. Most of all, I know that this isn&#8217;t just merely a job but an embodiment of her faith, values, and conviction\u00a0as\u00a0a life-long advocate for the vulnerable in our nation and world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u00a0has extensive\u00a0management and operations\u00a0experience in\u00a0nonprofit\u00a0and\u00a0faith-based organizations. As a trained lawyer and\u00a0minister\u00a0whose vocation\u00a0speaks to\u00a0the intersection\u00a0of faith and justice,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0spent her career\u00a0as a\u00a0dedicated\u00a0advocate\u00a0lifting the\u00a0voices of people who\u00a0experience\u00a0racial, gender,\u00a0and economic injustice\u00a0and\u00a0who recently\u00a0were\u00a0most impacted\u00a0by the global pandemic\u00a0in the U.S. and abroad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Bread for the World\u00a0as the Director of\u00a0Strategic\u00a0Communications and Campaigns\u00a0three years ago,\u00a0she\u00a0led nonprofits to\u00a0increase access to social services\u00a0and\u00a0protect the legal rights and dignity of\u00a0historically\u00a0marginalized groups.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At International Justice Mission\/Zambia,\u00a0a\u00a0global\u00a0organization\u00a0that protects\u00a0people in poverty\u00a0from violence, she advocated for\u00a0widows\u2019\u00a0economic rights; trained\u00a0local\u00a0police\u00a0and\u00a0clergy\u00a0serving\u00a0women and children experiencing trauma; and coordinated participation in the\u00a0USAID\u00a0Stop Gender Based Violence Access to Justice Project.\u00a0Taylor\u00a0also\u00a0previously\u00a0served as pro bono attorney for the Legal Aid Society Haitian Temporary Protected Status Project and received the\u00a0Mobilization for Justice\u00a0(formerly MFY Legal Services)\u00a0Partner in Justice Award.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u00a0has\u00a0served on U.S. State Department delegations in Eastern Europe\u00a0led\u00a0by the Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women to promote women&#8217;s political participation\u00a0in emerging democratic\u00a0societies.\u00a0As a Bread spokesperson,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0has made guest TV appearances on CNN, C-SPAN, NBC, Scripps News,\u00a0and Cox News outlets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored\u00a0to work alongside\u00a0Rev. Eugene Cho and\u00a0dedicated staff and partners at Bread for the World.\u201d Taylor said. \u201cAs a Christian\u00a0African\u00a0American\u00a0woman\u00a0and\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0African\u00a0diaspora,\u00a0a global community\u00a0of African descendants\u00a0who\u00a0due\u00a0largely\u00a0to systemic ills\u00a0experiences\u00a0among the highest\u00a0hunger and poverty rates,\u00a0Bread\u2019s\u00a0mission\u00a0for me\u00a0is\u00a0truly\u00a0a reflection of\u00a0my lifelong\u00a0calling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.\u202f\u2013\u202fBread for the World\u00a0has\u00a0named\u00a0Heather Taylor\u00a0today as its new managing director. Taylor succeeds Michele Sumilas who earlier this year\u00a0accepted a\u00a0political\u00a0appointment\u00a0as\u00a0the Assistant to the Administrator\u00a0of\u00a0the Bureau for Policy, Planning,\u00a0and Learning at the U.S. Agency for International Development\u00a0(USAID).\u00a0 \u201cI am thrilled to appoint and welcome Heather Taylor as the new managing director of Bread for the World,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3726,"template":"","tags":[],"focus":[],"topic":[],"resource_type":[11],"class_list":["post-3725","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"focus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_type?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}