Rep. Bill Taylor (R-Aiken) serves House District 86 in the South Carolina General Assembly.
Bill Taylor is a former television reporter, producer, anchorman and news director. For more than three decades he has been an entrepreneur and media consultant/critic. He has advised broadcast and cable networks, Hollywood studios, and scores of local TV stations, as well as newspapers and web developers. He partnered in forming a media consulting firm that eventually grew into a family of companies stretching from Dallas to Los Angeles and London.
Bill proudly served as a consultant to the George H.W. Bush White House in ’91-92.
Bill
currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Aiken County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. As part of his personal mission work, Bill created
the Emergency Mobile Shower Unit which
provides free showers to first responders and disaster victims as it
did during Hurricane Ike in Texas in 2008. As a member of Millbrook
Baptist Church he has been on frequent mission trips repairing damaged
homes after natural disasters, such as Katrina. Bill is a Shriner and
serves the Aiken County Shrine Club in transporting young patients to
the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Greenville, SC. He is a member of
the Aiken Rotary Club is actively involved in a wide variety of other
Aiken County activities.
Bill is married to Donna Taylor; they
celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Election Day 2010. Donna is
Vice President, Associate Broker and Realtor at Meybohm Realtors,
Aiken. They have two adult children, Kasey Taylor Craven, also a Meybohm
Realtor, and William Ryan Taylor, a USCA graduate who is completing his
Master's Degree in Family Counseling. Both reside in Aiken County.
Upon
moving to Aiken County nearly a decade ago, Bill and Donna owned and
operated a 66 acre horse farm in the northeast part of the county.
Business
• Former television news director/anchor/reporter/producer
• 30+ year career as a media critic/consultant
• Founder & CEO of media research & consulting firms based in Dallas, Los Angeles, London
• Honored by Broadcast & Cable Magazine by being named "Fifth Estater" - 1998
• Past President, Illinois News Broadcasters Association
• Long-time member, Radio-Television News Directors Association
• Past member National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Civic/Religious
• Vice Chairman, Aiken Chapter of the American Red Cross
• Leadership Team, American Red Cross of Central South Carolina (current)
• Created "Emergency Mobile Shower Unit" supporting First Responders & Disaster Victims
• Provided Disaster Assistance with the "Emergency Mobile Shower Unit" following Hurricane Ike in Texas - September 2008
• Participated in four post-Katrina mission trips to the Gulf Coast to assist in re-building
• Participates in Aiken-area construction mission trips
• Member, Aiken Rotary Club
• Shriner, Jamil Temple, Columbia, SC
• Member, Aiken County Shrine Club
• Member, Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC
• Former Methodist Church Youth Group Leader
• Cadet Colonel, Illinois Civil Air Patrol Wing
• Founder & Former Commander, Civil Air Patrol Squadron
• Past Vice President, Animal Welfare League, Rockford, Illinois
• Past President, professional theater company, Rockton, Illinois
• Former, Big Brother mentor
• Member, NRA
• Member, Palmetto Cruiser Motorcycle Club, Aiken, SC
• Member, ABATE
• Member, USC Gamecocks Club
Public Service & Politics
• White House Consultant to President George H.W. Bush's "Points of Light" initiative
• GOP Precinct President, Shiloh #34, Aiken County
• Member, Aiken County Republican Party
• Member, Aiken County Republican Club
• Member, GOP National Party
• Former Member, U.S. Republican Senatorial Inner Circle
Personal
• Married to Donna Taylor in 1970.
• Father of two: Kasey, 32, and Ryan, 31 (both living in Aiken, SC)
• Grandfather of one (4 year old granddaughter)
• Owned and operated a horse farm in Aiken County
• Commercial Pilot's License, Rated for hot air balloons
Education
• Attended Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Majored in Journalism