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Dr. Monica Taylor, Chair

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Dr. Monica Taylor


Dr. Monica Taylor was first elected to Delaware County Council in November of 2019 and sworn in on January 6, 2020, to serve a four-year term. She was re-elected to a second term in November of 2023 and sworn in on January 2, 2024, to serve another four-year term.

Beginning during her first few days in office, Dr. Taylor has worked to lead the County team in monumental and historic changes in Delaware County. The County has moved from planning to implementation and now the operation of much needed and long overdue improvements to County government.

Dr. Taylor worked to create a County Health Department from the ground up. The Delaware County Health Department was launched in April of 2022 with a mission to build healthy and thriving communities. The County’s new Health Department not only provides services to Delco residents, but it also works to improve planning and budget allocation to ensure that every community is receiving the resources it needs to be healthier and stronger.

Dr. Taylor is also dedicated to working with the County team to invest in the County's physical and human infrastructure. The County has built the first significant career path program and all new Human Resources structure that will increase the County’s ability to deliver high quality services that the County needs and deserves.

Safe and affordable housing is a priority of Dr. Taylor’s. She spearheaded the County’s Housing Continuum Coalition in January 2023. The coalition includes over 85 stakeholders, focused on helping unhoused residents, assisting residents with rapid rehousing (rental housing) and affordable home ownership.

As a mother to three daughters, Dr. Taylor understands how critical maternal and child health are. She worked to form the Delaware County Maternal Health Coalition, managed through the County Health Department, which focuses on health disparities and reducing the morbidity rates for Black and Brown babies.

In September 2022, Dr. Taylor and District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced that Delaware County will receive $63 million in 18 annual payments to tackle the devastating opioid epidemic affecting Delaware County residents, their loved ones, and the community. Dr. Taylor worked to form an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary Task Force to provide recommendations to County Council for short-term and immediate uses, as well as long-term programming that can be supported by the new funding to reduce the number of people suffering with addiction and treats those battling addictions.

Dr. Taylor is a professor and program director in the Kinesiology department at Temple University. In addition to her teaching, research, and administrative duties, Dr. Taylor is working on community outreach projects to educate high school students about potential future careers in the health care industry. She spearheaded a project called Early STEAM working in local Philadelphia elementary schools to introduce young students to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM).

A graduate of A.I. DuPont High School in Wilmington, Delaware, Dr. Taylor received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine. She was a standout on the women’s basketball team, which led to her having the opportunity to play professionally in Ireland. Dr. Taylor served as a graduate assistant basketball coach at East Stroudsburg University while earning her master’s degree. Dr. Taylor went on to work at the United States Military Academy at West Point before earning her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She returned to the Delaware Valley region after four years as a professor and assistant women’s basketball coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA.

Community service is a core value of Dr. Taylor’s, and she demonstrates it by being involved in various projects, both small and large. She believes that improving our local community is a hands-on job.

Prior to serving on County Council, Dr. Taylor served on the Upper Darby School Board and Delaware County Intermediate Unit Board of Directors.

Dr. Taylor resides in Upper Darby with her husband, Jason and their three daughters.

 

 

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