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 Mrs. Yvette G. Taylor joined the Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration on October 30, 2005 as the Regional Administrator in Region 4. She has served in prior senior positions at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
While at EPA, Mrs. Taylor held the position of Director of the Superfund / RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division in the Office of Administration and Resource Management. She had oversight of all the major Superfund contracts and served as the Chief Contracting Officer for ten regional offices.
During her tenure at OMB, Mrs. Taylor served as a Deputy Associate Administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, responsible for providing leadership and management direction of government-wide policies and procedures for the procurement of property and services by the Executive Branch. Her primary areas of expertise included major systems acquisitions, capital programming / capital planning and investment control processes for acquiring capital assets across the government, including information technology. She served as a liaison to the Procurement Executive Council, Civilian Agency Acquisition Council, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council.
Prior to joining the staff of OFPP, Mrs. Taylor served as a senior acquisition official at NASA where she managed the Joint U.S. / Russian Space Agency Program at the Johnson Space Center and provided leadership to numerous multi-million dollar procurement programs in support of the International Space Station Program. Mrs. Taylor began her career at the Marshall Space Flight Center where she worked in the Shuttle Division, R&D and Operations Division, and Advanced Flight Systems Division.
Mrs. Taylor holds a B.S. in Business Administration, M.B.A. and has completed course work towards a Ph.D. in Management.
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