Taylor West

Current

• Associate Marketing Manager at General Mills

Past

• Summer Associate Brand Manager at Unilever
• Grassroots Manager - Government Relations at The Home Depot, Inc.
• Business Leadership Program at The Home Depot, Inc.

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Education

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
• Harvard University

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Industry

Consumer Goods

Taylor West’s Experience

• Associate Marketing Manager

  General Mills

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GMI; Consumer Goods industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Summer Associate Brand Manager

  Unilever

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UL; Food Production industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  MBA Summer Internship in brand management

• Grassroots Manager - Government Relations

  The Home Depot, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HD; Retail industry)

  August 2004 — July 2005 (1 year)

  Managed legislative grassroots campaigns among employees and affiliates, coordinated company events with federal and state officials, managed internal communication on government affairs, and directed the Get-Out-the-Vote campaign

• Business Leadership Program

  The Home Depot, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HD; Retail industry)

  August 2002 — August 2004 (2 years 1 month)

  Corporate leadership rotational program. Rotations included Store Operations Strategy (streamlining operational efficiencies), Acquisition Integration (recognizing and capturing synergies), Store Management (leading store staff, merchandising, and operations), and Government Relations (mitigating operational restrictions and leading advocacy efforts).

Taylor West’s Education

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA , Marketing , 2005 — 2007

  Fuqua Scholar

  Activities and Societies:

  Marketing Fellow, Marketing Club (Career Chair), Culinary Club, Golf Club, Latter-day Saint Student Association

• Harvard University

  BA , Economics , 1997 — 2002

  Resident of Dunster House; took a leave of absence from July 1998 to July 2000 to serve as a full-time LDS missionary in northern Spain

  Activities and Societies:

  Harvard Republican Club, Institute of Politics, Latter-day Saint Student Association, Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans

Additional Information

Taylor West’s Interests:

Family, religion, politics, piano, public speaking, cooking, bread baking, golf

Taylor West’s Groups:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

•    Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business MBA Alumni
•    Harvard University Alumni
•    The Home Depot - Employees & Alumni
•    Harvard College Alumni
•    General Mills, Inc.

Taylor West’s Honors:

Eagle Scout
Fuqua Scholar

Taylor West’s Contact Settings

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