Full Name:
Lena C. Taylor
Gender:
Female
Family:
1 Child: Isaiah
Birth Date:
07/25/1966
Birth Place:
Milwaukee, WI
Home City:
Milwaukee, WI
JD, Law, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1990-1993
BA, English, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1984-1990
Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, District 4, 2004-present
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, Wisconsin, 2022
Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4, 2020
Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate, District 4, 2020
Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2003-2004
Elected in Special Election, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2003
Former Member, Administrative Roles Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Administrative Rules Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Former Member, Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Joint Legislative Council Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Member, Judicial Council
Former Member, Law Revision Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Chair, Legislative Black and Hispanic Caucus
Former Member, Legislative Council, Wisconsin State Senate
Member, Milwaukee Unity Caucus
Former Member, Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, Wisconsin State Senate
Former Member, Utilities and Housing Committee, Wisconsin State Senate
Member, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
Member, Wisconsin Outreach to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Task Force
Attorney, Pitman, Kyle, Sicula and Dentice, Senior Counsel, 2013-present
Co-Founder, Taylor and Associates Law Office, 1996-present
Columnist, Milwaukee Courier
Former Secretary, West End Development Corporation
Former Attorney, Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office, 1993-1996
Member, Advisory Board, Boy Scouts of America
Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Member, Board of Trustees, University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association
Former Board Member, Daystar
Member, Girl Scouts of Milwaukee
Former Member, Merril Park Association
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Member, National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women
Member, Urban League of Milwaukee
Former Board Member, West End Development Corporation
Wisconsin State Chair, Women in Government
District Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage, 2010-2014
Awards:
In 2010, Taylor was bestowed with the extremely prestigious National Legislator of the Year Award from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The Senator was the first legislator from Wisconsin, and the first Democrat nationally to be honored with this award in the history of the organization.
The Senator has received accolades for her work including The Becky Young Community Justice Award in 2009, an award for being committed to fighting for Criminal Justice Reform; the Coalition Against Domestic Violence's Legislative Advocate Award in 2010; the Wisconsin Builder's Association's Friend of Housing Award for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; and the Friend of Agriculture Award from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.