_Herman "Art" Taylor
_Chairperson
National Board of Directors OIC of America, Inc. |
National Chairperson
_Herman “Art” Taylor was appointed chairperson of the
National Board of Directors for OIC of America, Inc. (OICA) in April 2009. _Mr. Taylor previously worked for OICA as Vice President of Finance and served as President and CEO from 1990 to 1998. He currently serves as president and chief executive officer of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance based in Arlington, VA. As head of the Alliance, he oversees all aspects of the organization's work, which includes setting standards for soliciting organizations, evaluating individual national charities in relation to these standards, promoting charity accountability and providing a variety of materials on informed giving to individual, institutional and business donors.
Before coming to OICA, Mr. Taylor worked in the private sector as a cost analyst and internal auditor. He began his career at OICA in 1986 when he joined the organization’s Academy of Management Training division as controller/training specialist. He served as vice chair of Independent Sector, where he was a Board member from 1998 to 2003, and served on the Board of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Previously he served on the board of the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity. He is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Ethics Committee. Mr. Taylor received a BA in Business Administration–Accounting from Franklin and Marshall College in 1980 and received an honorary Dr. of Laws from his alma mater in 2002. In 1983, he obtained his Certified Public Accountant credential. He has been a trustee of Franklin & Marshall College since 1996. He earned his Jurist Doctorate from the Temple University School of Law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1989. In 1995, the Philadelphia Business Journal named Mr. Taylor to its list of “40 under 40” rising business and professional leaders. Each year since 2006, The Non-Profit Times has named him one of its “Power and Influence Top 50” people in the non-profit sector. Founded in 1964 in Philadelphia, OICA is a national non-profit network of employment and training programs bound by a commitment to help the disadvantaged reach their potential. OICA has affiliates in 30 states across the country and the District of Columbia. |