Adrian Taylor is the Director of Diversity for Premier Health in Dayton, Ohio. He leads programming that supports Premier’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging with an emphasis on workforce diversity, supplier diversity, patient diversity and community engagement. Because of his commitment and passion for diversity he has won several awards including the 2020 Dayton Business Journal - Diversity Champion Award, 2021 National Diversity Council Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Champion Award and the 2021 DiversityMBA Top 50 Under 50 Executive Leader’s Award. Adrian also serves as a board member for the Dayton chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), the Dayton Foodbank and the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council (OMSDC).
Before joining Premier Health in 2014, he served in key management roles, earning positions of increasing responsibility in the private sector with companies like EDS, NCR and The Berry Company. More recently he worked for four years in the non-profit sector for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. As the Manager of Minority Business Retention and Expansion he advocated for and secured over $100M in contracted diverse spend for diverse companies in the Dayton region
Mr. Taylor grew up in Dayton Ohio and completed his bachelor's degree requirements at Central State University. He is the father of four beautiful children and has been married to his wife Gail for 27 years.