Dunwoody, part of Chamblee, and part of unincorporated North DeKalb County. Tom resigned

as a City Councilman for Dunwoody to run to fill the House seat being vacated by State

Representative Fran Millar. Prior to his elected service in Dunwoody and running for the House,

Tom served as Vice President (and later President) of Citizens for Dunwoody, Inc. and is a

founding board member of that organization. Tom was a driving force in that organization and

provided leadership during many key endeavors including the legislative process and

incorporation effort where he set the political strategy and also formed and served as President of

the Dunwoody Action Committee PAC. He led multiple initiatives during the planning and

implementation process, including serving as Chair of the Police Task Force. Tom was elected to

the original Dunwoody City Council and was instrumental in the successful startup of the new

government. Tom’s latest accomplishment was serving as point person for the city in the Georgia

General Assembly that resulted in passage of HB-203 in the 2010 session. This bill transferred

all of the county-owned parks and other properties in the city limits to Dunwoody, as well as $7

million in bond proceeds for Brook Run, Dunwoody’s largest park. Tom’s proudest

accomplishment as he leaves city government for the State House is that the new city has

exponentially improved service delivery and responsiveness without raising a single tax or fee.

The "Proof in the Pudding" here is that successful conservative governance allows Dunwoody to

move into its third year of operations in December 2010 with a $3 million surplus.

Representative Taylor also brings extensive, hands on business and financial management

experience to the table. Beginning his career in the telecom industry with AT&T, Tom

transitioned to the defense and military contracting industries in the early 1990’s. In senior

management roles with both Rockwell International Tactical Systems, and DynCorp

International, Taylor managed a variety of sensitive defense programs with multi-million dollar

budgets for both the U.S. government as well as customers worldwide. He is a veteran of the

United States Navy, with 21 years of combined active and reserve service. Taylor earned an

undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in International Relations and Economics

and an MBA in International Business.

In addition to Citizens for Dunwoody and later Dunwoody City Council, Taylor served as a

board member on the Dunwoody Homeowners Association and the Executive Committee of the

DeKalb Republican Party. He has worked as a parent volunteer at Kingsley Elementary and

Peachtree Charter Middle School. He also coached youth soccer at the Ashford-Dunwoody

YMCA for 18 seasons. Taylor is a native of Boca Raton, Florida and has lived in the Dunwoody

area for 22 years. He and his wife of 26 years, Wendi, have an 18-year-old son, Keith, who is a

sophomore in a dual degree program at Georgia Tech and North Georgia College.