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Adrian Taylor, Director of Diversity Premier Health

Adrian Taylor is Premier Health’s Director of Diversity. He is the key advisor for researching and developing diversity programs that support business objectives through workforce diversity, supplier diversity, and community outreach. His community engagement includes Premier Health’s African American Wellness Walk, Dayton & Montgomery County’s Public Health LGBTQ Initiative, Dayton Business Journal’s Diversity Committee, and the UD West Dayton Conversation Steering Committee.

He has received the Southwest Ohio Supplier Diversity Healthcare Symposium’s Spirit of Diversity Individual Champion Award, the Diversity & Leadership Conference’s Leadership Excellence Award, and the Asian American Commerce Group’s Supplier Diversity Leadership Award. Under his leadership, Premier Health has received the Vizient Supplier Diversity Excellent Award and the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council’s Class-1 Corporation of the Year Award.

Mr. Taylor has held key management roles in the public and private sectors, securing more than $100M in contracted spend for diverse companies in the Dayton region.