Teresa Taylor
Teresa Taylor is a seasoned executive who has served on the Qwest CEO team since 2002. She has demonstrated success in operations, sales, marketing and strategy positions throughout her career.
In October 2007, Ms. Taylor was named Qwest's executive vice president and chief administrative officer with responsibility for human resources, labor relations, corporate communications, sponsorships and events, corporate social responsibility and the Qwest Foundation.
From December 2004 to October 2007, Ms. Taylor served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer, leading a number of successful business initiatives. Among the most notable were renegotiation of contracts with Qwest's two labor unions, which represent approximately 60 percent of the employee base, and numerous innovative health care initiatives resulting in multi-million dollar cost savings.
Previously Ms. Taylor was executive vice president for one of the three business units at Qwest. Her division was responsible for $4 billion in sales, service and operations. In this role she grew the customer base and increased the overall profitability of the division.
She also served as executive vice president of Qwest's Products and Pricing Group, where she was responsible for the $14 billion portfolio of products and services offered to consumer, retail business and wholesale customers. In this position she accelerated the expansion of broadband services and introduced bundled services to the retail marketplace.
Ms. Taylor also held a number of leadership positions with US WEST between 1988 and its merger with Qwest in 2000. Prior to that, she worked with several start up telecommunication companies.
Ms. Taylor is active in community affairs and currently serves on the board of directors for both the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Children's Campaign. In January 2008, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter appointed her co-chair of the state's Jobs Cabinet.
Ms. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.