Brigadier General, United States Air Force (Retired)

Brigadier General (Retired) Henry L. Taylor served on the Board of Directors for Kellstrom Defense; a global provider of support for U.S. manufactured legacy defense platforms.    He currently serves on the Board of Thomas and Hutton, a comprehensive engineering and consulting firm.    He is also a former member of the Board of Advisors for the SunTrust Bank in the greater Charleston region and the Charleston Southern University Board of Visitors.   He served as Vice President, Global Business Development, for the three-county Charleston Regional Development Alliance. In this position, he was responsible for the global marketing of Dorchester, Charleston, and Berkeley Counties.  He also led a team that facilitated the relocation and expansion of companies in the region.  Prior to this position, he served at the South Carolina Department of Commerce.  In that capacity he was active in the recruitment of new businesses and the expansion of existing businesses in the state.  He is currently a director on the board of  the Dorchester County Economic Development Corporation.

General Taylor has served on the Board of Directors of the Greenville Area Development Corporation where he was the chairman of the Public Relations Committee. He was also Director of Site Operations and Vice President/General Manager for Aircraft Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Logistics Services in Greenville.

General Taylor served 33 years of active military service in the United States Navy and the United States Air Force.  He retired from active duty in 2005 as Vice Director for Logistics, J-4 on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. In this capacity he served as a key advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. General Taylor has earned: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, Cum Laude, from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1975, Master of Human Relations Degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma in 1986, and Master of Science Degree in National Security Strategy from National Defense University in Washington, DC in 1996.