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

	Christine Lopez, Chair Reappointed in January, 2012 Term ends January, 2015 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 fourth term on the Board of Directors, having served four years as vice chair and two years as secretary. Committed to the community and the schools, she worked with a local political action committee to help secure passing of a bond issue to build Taylor's 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.
	Nancy Tyson, Vice Chair Reappointed in April, 2010 Term ends January, 2013 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 distinguished 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 publication 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 more than 10 years, calling home one of the stately historic homes that Taylor is noted for. He has two sons who both live and work in Austin. Ms. Tyson serves as 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 has served as vice chair of the City’s Street Naming Committee and currently serves on the Architectural Control Committee for Taylor EDC’s Mustang Creek Industrial Park.
	Clark Jackson, Treasurer Re-appointed in January, 2012 Term ends January, 2015 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 second year as a member of the EDC board and his second year 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.
	Cordell Bennigson, Director Appointed January, 2011 Term ends January, 2014 Cordell Bennigson, is Vice President of Operations for Durcon, Inc., and is General Manager for Texas Operations. He has been with Durcon since 2009. Prior to that he was with Dell, Inc., in Austin where he was a Senior Manager for Global Consumer Imaging & Displays. A former Major in the Marine Corps, Mr. Bennigson served in Kuwait and Iraq, He was an air officer, forward air controller, pilot, and flight officer. Mr. Bennigson earned his MBA in 2005 from Harvard Business School, where he was awarded first-year academic honors. He earned his B.A. in political science at UCLA Berkeley and attended the MIT Sloan Business School Executive Program (Developing a Leading Edge Operations Strategy) in 2010.
	Kelly Cmerek, Director Appointed January, 2011 Term ends January, 2014 Kelly Cmerek has more than 15 years of banking experience and has been with BBVA Compass Bank for over twelve years with the last ten in his position as Vice President for the SBA Lending Group. Before going with BBVA Compass, Mr. Cmerek was a commercial lender at an independent Austin bank, having begun his SBA lending career in 1995 after earning his bachelor’s degree in finance with honors from The University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, he surpassed the $100 million mark in SBA loans, a prestigious accomplishment among lenders. He is responsible for originating transactions for financing requests from $250,000 to $5,000,000. Mr. Cmerek is a life-long resident of Taylor and now lives here with his wife of 17 years, Alayne, and their three children.
Sean Stockard - President/CEO
Traci Anderson - Business Retention and Expansion Manager