Jacquelyn Madry-Taylor. EdD

Dr. Jacquelyn Madry-Taylor is a seasoned higher education executive and consultant with more than two decades of leadership experience across community colleges, public and private universities, and national higher education organizations. She is currently President of JYM Associates LLC, an educational consulting firm focused on organizational strategy, academic program development, and human capital advancement for higher education institutions and government agencies. She earned her undergraduate degree in Spanish from Fisk University and began her career teaching Spanish before completing her doctorate at the University of Florida, where she continued into higher education administration. Her administrative career began as Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs at a small private college, followed by her appointment as Chief Academic Officer for a multi-campus community college in Northern Virginia, where she provided academic leadership across five campuses. During this time, she contributed to national higher education initiatives through the American Council on Education, serving on the founding committee of the Higher Education Women’s Network and later as Virginia state chair, advancing efforts to expand women’s representation in senior academic leadership and presidencies. She remained in Northern Virginia for seven years before moving to Massachusetts, where she served for nearly a decade as Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Vice President for Academic Affairs at a four-year institution. Her career continued with senior leadership roles in national higher education associations, including directing a Kellogg Foundation–funded academic leadership academy with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, designed to prepare senior administrators for chief academic officer and presidential roles. She later served as Director of Program Services at the United Negro College Fund, where she strengthened her expertise in large-scale fundraising, grants, and proposal development. She also held executive leadership roles with the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, building federal partnerships that expanded internship and research opportunities across 17 federal agencies and supported approximately 200 student interns annually. Additionally, she worked at a NASA research site supporting multi-million-dollar programs for minority-serving institutions. Throughout her career, she has built a diverse portfolio spanning academic leadership, policy development, fundraising, and federal partnership building, with a career path shaped by opportunity, adaptability, and the strategic transfer of skills across every sector of higher education.