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City Club of Cleveland - Mary Taylor

City Club of Cleveland

Mary Taylor is the first certified public accountant to serve as Ohio's Auditor of State. She previously served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives where she served on the House Finance, Ways and Means, and Education Committees. Taylor began her career in public service as a city
councilwoman in Green, Ohio. She and her husband Don have lived in Green for the past 20 years. The Taylor's have two sons, Joe and Michael, ages 17 and 14.

Auditor Taylor obtained a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's
degree in taxation from the University of Akron. Taylor began her career in 1990 with Deloitte and Touche. She joined the regional firm of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company in 1994, where she served as director of the firm's tax department and senior manager of the employee benefits practice.

Taylor was recently honored as a 2008 recipient of the University of Akron's Dr. Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award. The award was created by the University of Akron College of Business Administration Alumni Board in 1987 to honor distinguished alumni for their achievements in business and significant contributions to their communities.

Taylor is one of three women appointed to represent the United States as a delegate to the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The commission is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, dedicated exclusively to gender equality and the advancement of women.

She is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) where she serves as a member-at-large for the AICPA Council (term ending 2010). She is also a member of the Ohio Society of CPAs, the Ohio Government Finance Officers Association and the Association of Government Accountants.

August 15, 2008