(Washington) - The United States Institute of Peace has named William B. Taylor, Jr. to be vice president of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability effective October 1, 2009.
Ambassador Taylor served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to
June 2009. In his new capacity at USIP, Taylor will lead the
Institute’s efforts in societies emerging from conflict, including
overseeing Institute operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“We are very fortunate that Bill Taylor is joining the Institute”
said Richard H. Solomon, president of the U.S. Institute of Peace.
“Ambassador Taylor brings a wealth of experience in many conflict zones
around the world.”
Until February 2006 he was the U.S. government’s representative to
the Quartet’s effort to facilitate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza
and parts of the West Bank, led by Special Envoy James Wolfensohn in
Jerusalem. The Quartet special envoy was responsible for the economic
aspects of this disengagement.
Prior to this assignment, Ambassador Taylor served in Baghdad as
director of the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (2004-2005), in
Kabul as coordinator of U.S. government and international assistance to
Afghanistan (2002-2003) and in Washington with the rank of ambassador
as coordinator of U.S. government assistance to the former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe (1992-2002).
He previously served in Brussels as deputy defense adviser at the
U.S. Mission to NATO, in Washington on the staff of Senator Bill
Bradley, at the National Defense University and in the U.S. Department
of Energy.
As an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, he served in Vietnam and
Germany. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and
Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
