Kimberly N. Ellison-Taylor, CPA,
CGMA
Kimberly N. Ellison-Taylor, CPA, CGMA, is the chairman of the
American Institute of CPAs' board of directors.
Ellison-Taylor has a lengthy history of volunteering for the profession, including
serving as a member of the AICPA Business and Industry Executive Committee
as well as the AICPA Board of Directors for four years where she served as a member
of the Audit and Finance committees. Ellison-Taylor also worked with the
Benevolent Fund, and has served as a Council representative.
She is a past chair of the Maryland Association of CPAs,
and has served on many of its committees, including the New Young Professional
Network and Tomorrow's CPA. She has also been recognized by Accounting
Today
as one of the Top 100 most influential poeple in
the profession.
Ellison-Taylor is currently the global accounting strategy director for the
Financial and Professional Services Industries for Oracle America, a leader in
cloud solutions and enterprise technology. In this capacity, she provides
insight to help drive innovation in this important domain, particularly as the
computing paradigm shifts to Cloud and SaaS.
Previously, she served as the Global Practice team leader for Health and
Human Services, working with teams worldwide where she developed and executed
strategies on Cloud, Big Data, Security, Fraud Prevention/Detection, Customer
Experience, and Modernization. Prior to Oracle, Kimberly worked in leadership
roles at numerous other major companies and organizations, including the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center; Motorola; KPMG; and Prince George's County
Government, where she served as Chief Information Technology Officer.
Ellison-Taylor received her bachelor's degree from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County; an Accounting Certificate from the Community College
of Baltimore County, an MBA from Loyola University and Master's of Science in
Information Technology and a Chief Information Officer Certificate from Carnegie
Mellon University.
She currently resides in Maryland with her husband and two
sons.