The Corporation is managed by a five-member Board appointed by the City Council for three-year terms.
The current Board includes

	William Maxwell, Chair Reappointed in May, 2008 Term ends January, 2011 William Maxwell is a registered Professional Engineer and has been in the electric power generation business for 35 years. He is the Manager of Power Plant Support Engineering for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). Mr. Maxwell is in his fourth year as Chair of the Taylor EDC Board and previously served for five years on the City’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Maxwell holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas Tech University and a Masters in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He hold certificates in Business Management and Leadership from the University of Michigan and the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife Claire attended public school in Taylor and returned to Taylor in 1981, where they have lived since. They own and operate the Talbot Street Bed and Breakfast Inn. Both of his sons Aaron, and Spencer, are Eagle Scouts, graduates of Taylor High School, and graduates of the University of Texas at Austin.
	Christine Lopez, Vice Chair Reappointed in April, 2009 Term ends January, 2012 Christine Lopez, an Administrative Analyst for Dell, Inc., is a native of Taylor and graduate of Taylor High School. Even though her many career paths have taken her out of the community, her heart and her commitment remain here as she serves and supports the Taylor EDC Board, the public schools and the Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Lopez is currently in her third term on the Board of Directors, this being her second year as vice chair. She has also served the Board as secretary. Committed to the community and the schools, she recently worked with the local politica action committee to help secure passing of a bond issue to build a new high school. She has been president of the parent committee for Taylor High School’s National Hispanic Institute as well as president of the Taylor Middle School PTO. She has served and volunteered in many capacities of the community. Christine is a active member and lecture for St. Mary's Catholic Church. As a business owner and member of the Chamber of Commerce since 2000, she was a Chamber Ambassador for several years. Ms. Lopez and her husband Robert, also a Taylor native, have owned and operated Black Stallion Lawn Care Service since 1996. They have two daughters (Stacy and Lauren) and a granddaughter, Myriah. Ms. Lopez’ personal interest and passion is training and running marathons (26.2 Mile Races!), She has run in the AT&T Austin Marathon 2008 and 2009, Run Tex Twenty Miler 2008 and in the San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon 2009 where she came in 1092 out of more than 30K participants. When she is not running or reading, she enjoys camping with her family.
	Clark Jackson, Treasurer Appointed in April, 2009 Term ends January, 2012 Clark Jackson is a Certified Public Accountant and has had his own public accounting practice in Taylor since arriving in 1972. Mr. Jackson is in his first year as a member of the EDC board and is serving as its treasurer. He is a native of Williamson County and holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. His wife Betty taught English and German at Taylor High School before her recent retirement. They have two children both of whom were graduated from Taylor and followed their parents’ example in choice of universities and professions. Jan is an educator in the Pflugerville school district; Will is an Austin CPA. Mr. Jackson has served his community in a number of leadership positions. He is a former mayor and is currently the president of Johns Community Hospital.
	Rod Hortenstine, Director Reappointed in May, 2008 Term ends January, 2011 Rod Hortenstine currently serves as the Mayor of Taylor, having been elected to the City Council in 2005 as the At Large Representative. He was elected Mayor in 2008 and again in 2009. As a five-year member of the Taylor EDC Board, Mr. Hortenstine has served as treasurer for four of those years. Born in Mattoon, Illinois, Mr. Hortenstine moved to West Texas, where he graduated from Amarillo High School before earning his bachelor’s degree in 1963 from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been a Taylor resident since 1969. He and wife, Kay, have two children and five grandchildren. Mr. Hortenstine served on Taylor’s Planning and Zoning Commission for 27 years and he is an active member of the Taylor Rotary and the John's Community Hospital Board of Trustees. He is recently retired from BABECO in Taylor.
	Nancy Tyson, Director Appointed in April, 2007 Term ends May, 2010 Nancy Tyson’s life and career have been surrounded by higher education and university culture, business, and service. She has taught and worked at North Carolina State University (NCSU), her father is a distin¬guished professor at the University of Colorado and her husband is completing his 50th year teaching in the athletic department at The University of Texas in Austin She is currently associate editor for East European Monographs, a family business that has been dedicated to the publi¬cation of scholarly works on the history, social sciences, culture, and civilization of Central and Eastern Europe since 1970. Over 750 volumes in this series have been published under the editorship of her father. Prior to that, she was a financial adviser with Investment Centers of America in Taylor. Ms. Tyson graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College then earned her MBA from Columbia University. She taught NCSU where she also served as assistant director of the Master of Science in Management program. She and her husband, Pete, have lived in Taylor for 10 years, calling home one of the stately historic mansions that Taylor is noted for. He has two sons who both live and work in Austin and they have two spoiled cats who live in the mansion with them. Ms. Tyson serves as vice president for Keep Taylor Beautiful and spearheads efforts to increase recycling and to protect the earth and its resources, including co-authoring a monthly column for the Taylor Daily Press called “EarthSmart.” A Taylor Leadership Institute graduate, Ms. Tyson serves as vice chair of the City’s Street Naming Committee and serves on the Architectural Control Committee for Taylor EDC’s Mustang Creek Industrial Park.
	Vice President Linda Wentrcek serves as secretary to the Board.

Staff

Four staff members work to achieve the Board goals and add a combined total of almost 35 years experience in the economic development field to the organization.

	Jason Ford - President/CEO Jason Ford has been the President/CEO of the Taylor EDC since April 2008. He has been engaged in Economic Development in the Austin region since September 2003 and has been involved in various aspects of Economic Development since 1996. Ford is also a recent graduate of Economic Development Institute from University of Oklahoma and holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Mississippi. He has taken graduate courses at the University of Texas at Dallas in Geographic Information Systems and Public Affairs and is a graduate of Leadership Plano, and a former student of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber Institute. During his career, Jason has been responsible for high-tech to low-tech business attraction programs, worked on business retention/expansion programs and managed over 150 site location projects with a potential to create more than 3,500 jobs and $2 billion in capital investments. His clients have included some of the top Fortune 50 companies as well as the smallest emerging-technology entrepreneurs. Aside from his daily operations responsibilities, Ford is charged with developing key policies for incentives, real estate (industrial park) development, workforce programs and managing project investments of the Taylor EDC. Taylor EDC currently directs a portfolio of more than $1.45 million of incentives-based investments including forgivable loans, cash grants, land-grants and sales tax rebates. An active member of the Texas Economic Development Council and the International Economic Development Council, Ford serves as chair of the Taylor Marketing Team, chair of the Taylor Community Network, and is an active member on the Temple College at Taylor Foundation Board of Directors.
	Linda Wentrcek, Vice President Linda Wentrcek serves as Vice President and as such spearheads the financial functions of the organization, heads up its business and retention efforts, and serves as secretary to the Board. A native of Taylor, Ms. Wentrcek joined the organization in January, 1995, shortly after its inception, and provides 15 years of economic development experience. Prior to becoming an economic developer, she served as a banker for almost two decades. Ms. Wentrcek is actively involved in the Taylor community, and was honored as Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 2006. In 2007, she received Keep Texas Beautiful's O. P. Schnabel Senior Citizen lifetime achievement award for demonstrating positive, dynamic, selfless public-spirited leadership in enhancing the Texas environment.
	Judie Gustafson, Programs Manager Judie Gustafson joined the Taylor EDC staff in 2004 after retiring from public education, where she served as a school administrator and teacher. She manages the marketing program including promotional materials, newsletters, and website, as well as coordinating and managing special programs. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a Bachelor of Journalism, Master's in Education (Instructional Technology) and worked toward a doctorate in educational administration.
	Carrie Orts, Office Coordinator The most recent addition to the Staff, Carrie Orts joined the organization in October, 2008. She assists with accounting and financial records as well as coordinating day-to-day office operations. She has a background in various database environments, bookkeeping/accounting, public relations, procurement and logistics, and working with clients worldwide. A native of the Austin area, Orts graduated from Manor High School and completed the Texas Economic Development Council Basic Economic Development Course (BEDC) in October, 2009. She works with the community as a member of Keep Taylor Beautiful and Taylor Ambassadors.