ANDY TAYLOR

Andy Taylor began her career as a professional singer. Having met and sung for three presidents of the United States, she has been broadcast live around the world on television and featured on concert stages from the Kennedy Center and the White House to the Bob Hope Cultural Center in CA. For 25 years, the Disney Company extensively employed her talents in live shows, spectaculars, TV specials, and sound tracks. Onstage and off, she is known for her professionalism and positive impact on every situation. With a heart for our military, Andy and husband Rich were chosen by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as the 2023 Honorary Thunderbirds, for their assistance in the first re-design in 40 years of the T-bird aerial demonstration.

Broadening her skills, Andy became a clinician, adjudicator, and guest artist for music education events nationwide, including as judge of Miss America in Atlantic City. She also served her own central Florida community in organization, communications, event planning, and travel for a variety of entities and activities in public and private schools.

In higher education, Andy combined her Disney event experience, travel background and love for kids at the University of Oklahoma, in Recruitment & Admissions. As head of Visitor Services and the OU Visitor Center, she designed and operated the visitor experience from the first website click through the on-campus visit. Her responsibilities included the Visit.OU website, campus map, the award-winning OU/Norman Visitor Guide, plus site coordination of educational events such as Speech & Debate (Oklahoma's largest academic competition), the National Geographic Bee, and Oklahoma Spelling Bee. Andy also created hands-on, horizon-expanding “Why College?” tours for K-8 groups by partnering with academic departments and museums of art and natural history. With existing resources, she developed the OU Virtual Field Trip to engage schools with budget and distance challenges. Andy’s fresh eyes landed her on policy-level committees for Admissions and Recruitment. At the University of Central Florida, Andy served on the College of Education Community Engagement Council.

She is currently managing partner and consultant with Rich Imagination, providing her approachable expertise to a variety of entities.