Dr. Taggart, age 58 retired at the end of 2006 as Partner Senior Vice President and Global Investment Manager at Wellington Management LLC an investment firm with over $500 billion in assets under management. From 1992 to the end of 2006 she was responsible for building investment management capabilities and asset growth in sector portfolios invested in specialty and basic chemicals environmental services and innovative materials industries and managed on behalf of pension fund endowments and mutual fund clients. From 1983 to 1992 Dr. Taggart was Portfolio Manager in Fixed Income High Yield and Credit Research Manager. Prior to joining Wellington in 1983 she held senior manager positions in federal- and state-level agencies with major responsibilities directed at reform legislation and regulatory implementation. Dr. Taggart became a Lubrizol director in February 2007. Dr. Taggart graduated from Smith College in 1970 with a B.A. degree in anthropology. She received a M.A. in planning from Harvard University in 1973 and a Ph.D. in planning and capital markets from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Dr. Taggart is on the Board of Trustees of Reed College a member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council of Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and active member of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
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