1. KENT S. TAYLOR, M.B.A.
SENIOR POLICY/COMMUNICATION PROJECT MANAGER
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Over 20 years experience in corporate communications, media relations, public affairs, risk/crisis
communications, strategic planning, policy/legislation, and communication planning
• Leadership in updating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulations on
medical examination for refugees and immigrants; development of messaging and risk strategies
for CDC’s Select Agent Program and California Laboratory Response Network; coordination of
national events for CDC youth violence prevention
• Four years as CDC Media Relations Director, advising the CDC director and senior leadership on
health communication strategies, sensitive program issues, emergency and risk communications,
executive media coaching, media training, national press conference coordination, publication of
national health statistics and scientific findings, congressional visits and legislative hearings
• Consulted with the White House and senior U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) staff to
negotiate arrangements for the Presidential Tuskegee apology event with CDC Director David
Satcher, and directed the CDC communications efforts
• Led efforts in strategic planning, policy, legislation, evaluation, and budget as Associate Director
of Policy, Evaluation and Legislation for CDC’s Center for Environmental Health
• Sustained national and global partnerships as CDC’s Public Health Training Network (PHTN)
director, marketing scientific, emergency and educational broadcast and web programming
• Extensive experience in working with health associations and health partner organizations
• Served as the key CDC media spokesperson on disease outbreaks to national press
• Provided leadership for establishing communication offices throughout CDC
• Comprehensive experience in start-up of communication departments, leading organizations
through interim management, and managing organizational change
• Directed proactive media and health communication strategies for infectious, chronic,
environmental diseases and injury prevention, including avian flu, Gulf War illness, and
tuberculosis; and led message development for controversial topics such as HIV education efforts
and the Vaccines for Children program
• Directed and coordinated all CDC broadcast operations including: developing innovative
programming strategies; managing award-winning broadcast producers, editors, directors, and
animation/high-end graphics staff; digital content distribution, including web casts, DVD and CD-
ROM; and leading the transition to digital (high definition) facilities
• Managed an $8 million budget for CDC professional development and evaluation activities,
including CDC’s electronic health image library of 6500 images, Continuing Education (CE)
accreditation, instructional design and satellite/web cast distance learning programs.
• Produced public service announcements and public affairs programming for CDC and HHS
• IRS public affairs director for the state of Georgia, serving as principal spokesperson for national
and regional broadcast and print media, and directing executive media training
SKILLS/EXPERTISE
• Outstanding partnership building, presentation, negotiation, problem solving, policy and legislative
development, supervisory, conflict management skills
• Balanced Scorecard and Performance Measurement; Organizational Learning/Development
• Highly skilled at interactions with legislators, national, state and local health leaders
• Develop, conduct and evaluate executive level media relations training
• Provide highly effective, targeted communication messages while nurturing working relationships
with key national print and broadcast media
• Effective brand positioning, strategic message development

2. EDUCATION 2 of 3
• M.B.A., Management, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973
• B.S., Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972
• Advanced communication courses, University of South Carolina, School of Journalism, Columbia,
South Carolina, 1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Organization: Chenega Government Consulting, LLC
Title: Senior Public Health Advisor
Duration: 8/2011 – current
Mr. Taylor currently is a project manager in CDC’s global migration and quarantine program,
providing senior policy & communication leadership for CDC’s domestic and international public
health practice. He supports disease surveillance through preventing the importation of infectious
diseases that cause severe illness and death in regions of the world where large numbers of U.S.-
bound immigrants and refugees reside. Mr. Taylor also identifies and responds to newly emerging
and re-emerging diseases through regulatory change to mitigate the risk to the U.S. public health
posed by immigrant and refugee populations. He also provides senior public health program and
operations consultation to develop and manage new or existing initiatives relevant to domestic
and international public health medical examinations for immigrants and refugees. In addition,
Mr. Taylor reviews and analyses studies and projects assessing major and/or sensitive public
health issues to make recommendations on public health research/practice and promote refugee
health.
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Organization: SRA International, Inc. (previously Constella Group, LLC)
Title: Senior Program and Policy Project Manager/Communications Manager
Duration: 10/2005 – 8/2011
Mr. Taylor provided policy and communication leadership for revision of regulations on the
medical examination of immigrants and refugees, and led program operations to prevent
importation of emerging diseases. Prior to August 2007, he managed marketing and creative
staff, and supported health education/ prevention communications projects for federal/state
governments in infectious disease (including bioterrorism), chronic disease, and injury prevention.
He developed and implemented strategic communication plans that included partner
communications, media relations, crisis and emergency risk communications, policy and public
relations. He provided strategic counsel to clients and led the creation, development and
execution of print and electronic communication materials, including media tool kits and web
content. Mr. Taylor’s extensive experience in corporate communications, media relations, public
affairs, crisis communication, policy and legislation provides clients with effective messaging,
branding, marketing and legislative strategies. His accomplishments include the development of
messaging, crisis and emergency risk communication strategies for CDC’s Select Agent Program
and the California Laboratory Response Network, national media events for CDC’s Choose Respect
campaign that promotes positive behaviors among youth, and leadership for CDC’s youth violence
prevention programs.
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Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Chief, Broadcast Production and Distribution
Duration: 10/2004 – 9/2005
In this position, Mr. Taylor directed and coordinated all CDC broadcast operations, developing
innovative programming and leading the transition to digital (high definition) facilities. He led a staff
of 20 professional staff, including award-winning broadcast producers, editors, directors, and

3. videographers that created unique, innovative programs and products. As the Public Health Training
Network (PHTN) Director, he sustained national and global partnerships in marketing educational
programming for CDC, state and local health departments, the University of North Carolina’s School
of Public Health, and national health organizations such as ASTHO and APHA.
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Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Director/Deputy Director, Professional Development and Evaluation
Duration: 9/2003 – 9/2004
Mr. Taylor was responsible for all CDC broadcast activities, animation/high-end graphics, the Public
Health Image Library (PHIL), Continuing Education (CE) accreditation, instructional design and
satellite/web cast distance learning activities. He led a staff of 75, managed an $8 million budget,
and continued to motivate his staff to provide outstanding customer service while undergoing a
major organizational restructuring. He developed creative communication products for the annual
APHA convention, directed exhibit messaging for major health conferences, established
communication and public relations guidelines for CDC, and directed CDC's digital content
distribution through video, radio, CD-ROM and DVD formats.
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Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Associate Director for Policy/Deputy Associate Director for Policy/Senior Analyst-
National Center for Environmental Health
Duration: 7/2000 – 8/2003
Mr. Taylor directed strategic planning, policy, evaluation, legislation, budget initiatives and
program development for CDC’s environmental health activities. He provided leadership on
legislative matters; monitored key U.S. congressional members’ interest in environmental health;
analyzed proposed legislation, federal laws, and regulations; and coordinated Congressional
testimony and visits. He also integrated a business approach to strategic planning to deliver
annual deliverables on public health initiatives. Mr. Taylor was the Designated Federal Official
(DFO) for the federally-chartered CDC Environmental Health Advisory Committee. He was
responsible for organizing and leading scheduled meetings with leading environmental health
scientists, and has received advanced DFO training.
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Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Media Relations Director, Senior Communications Officer
Duration: 4/1990 – 6/2000
As CDC media relations director for four years, Mr. Taylor developed and managed the overall CDC
communications program, advising the CDC director and senior staff on health communication
strategies and policies. He supported and advised the CDC director on congressional visits,
legislative hearings, communications strategic planning, major media activities, emergency and risk
communication, national press conferences, national statistics publication, and executive media
coaching and training. Mr. Taylor has extensive experience in promoting and executing major media
events, and establishing strategic alliances with national health partners and organizations, such as
ASTHO, NACCHO and APHA. Among his accomplishments include the CDC communication
coordination of President Clinton's Tuskegee apology from the White House. He also has directed
national press conferences, including an event with U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and his staff at
the U.S. Capitol with CDC Director David Satcher on Gulf War illness. Mr. Taylor's experience in
leading multi-media efforts include serving as key media spokesperson to national and international
broadcast networks and print media on controversial health issues such as avian flu, childhood
cancer clusters, disease outbreaks and health statistics. He has created customized media coaching
and training for CDC directors and other senior health officials, and coordinated CDC Director
Satcher’s communication activities during his vetting for U.S. Surgeon General.
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4. Organization: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
Title: Public Affairs Director, Atlanta Region
Duration: 4/1987 – 3/1990
Mr. Taylor was responsible for developing and directing all communication and public affairs
activities in Georgia, including executive media training. He served as the principal spokesperson for
national and regional broadcast and print media on complex, sensitive tax matters.