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Henrico Education Foundation Chief Executive Officer Mike Taylor will resign his position effective Dec. 30 to become CEO of the Knox Education Foundation in Knoxville, Tennessee, HEF officials announced Thursday.
His new role will allow him to care for his elderly parents, who live in the area. Taylor is an East Tennessee native and a graduate of the University of Tennessee—Knoxville. Prior to joining HEF in 2014, he served six years as executive director of the Mountain Education Foundation in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
During his tenure with HEF, Taylor led the foundation through a strategic planning period to reestablish the organization’s vision and programs. As a result, HEF increased fundraising and revenues by more than 1000%. His work at HEF focused on transforming public education through the expansion of best practices, creation of innovation in the classroom, and development of research-based solutions that bring a continuous improvement approach to addressing the challenges facing public schools.
The Executive Committee of the HEF Board of Directors has appointed Robin Rowland, its executive director of early learning programs, and Jay Shively, its chief development officer, as interim co-CEOs, effective Dec. 23. The HEF Board of Directors will launch a national search beginning in 2023 to name a permanent CEO.
The Henrico Education Foundation works to address opportunity gaps by providing resources for the county's most challenged schools.
