Sylvester Taylor, an officer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1 and 31-year IBEW electrician, has been tabbed to lead diversity initiatives for the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership. Taylor was named director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the labor-management partnership which represents more than 5,000 IBEW members and more than 150 electrical contractors signatory to the union.
He serves as president of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus which he helped found in 2004. Outside of the electrical industry, Taylor serves as treasurer on the Hazelwood School Board, and chairman of the St. Louis County Fire Safety and Standards Commission.
