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Annette Taylor Named NC Education Lottery Minority Business And Community Affairs Manager

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RALEIGH – Annette Taylor of Morrisville, a community and civic leader with extensive experience in both government and nonprofit sectors, has joined the N.C. Education Lottery as its first minority business and community affairs manager.

The lottery created the position to enhance its minority business participation program and to strengthen community relations with key stakeholder groups of the lottery across the state.

“Annette’s two decades of experience within government, corporate, nonprofit, and educational organizations in North Carolina bring a wealth of experience to the N.C. Education Lottery,” said Mark Michalko, executive director of the lottery. “We’re looking forward to our lottery benefiting from that experience, her leadership, and her commitment to our state.”

Taylor joins the lottery after serving for five and a half years as director of community engagement in the First Congressional District office of U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield. She previously served in nonprofit and philanthropic roles in several statewide organizations focused on expanding economic opportunities.

Taylor is also an adjunct instructor at N.C. Central University in Durham, where she teaches nonprofit management in the Department of Public Administration. She holds a bachelor’s in communications from N.C. Central University and a masters in organizational leadership from Pfeiffer University. She currently serves as vice chair of the N.C. Council for Women and is a member of the N.C. Central University School of Business Board of Visitors.

Since its start in March 2006, The Education Lottery has grown into a $2.6 billion business, increasing sales every year of operations and raising now more than $650 million a year for education. This year, the money raised by the lottery will support all school systems in the state, help build and repair schools, provide for academic Pre-K for “at-risk” four-year-olds in the N.C. Pre-K Program, and provide scholarships and grants, based on financial need, to help North Carolinians cover the costs of college.