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rector for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP). STAFF WRITER Besides MCBP, Taylor has workBERLIN – Steven Taylor officially ed in environmental consultation took over the leadership role of and research as well as owning a Worcester Youth and Family Coun- kayak eco-tour company, Ayers seling Services (WYFCS) this week Creek Adventures. Over the past after the planned departure of for- several years, he has volunteered mer Executive Director Teresa for WYFCS events like the annual Halloween celebration but that inFields. WYFCS has been providing fam- volvement was only “peripheral,” ily therapy and other related youth said Taylor, and nowhere near the services in the area for nearly 30 degree of emersion that he will be years. Fields played a vital role in taking on as executive director. “I was born and raised here in creating the positive reputation the Worcester County and went to Steagency enjoys today, according to phen Decatur High School Taylor. and graduated from there,” “I am extremely fortunate he said. “Then I left the arbecause Teresa has left the ea to go to college and lived organization very strong, away for about 25 years.” both in terms of the adminisAfter leaving the MCBP, trative perspective and also Taylor worked in New Jein terms of how the organirsey for a non-profit before zation is helping the comreturning four years ago to munity,” Taylor said. open Ayers Creek AdvenThe fact that the “organiSTEVEN TAYLOR tures off Assateague Road zation is structurally in a very good place” at Fields’ depar- with his wife, Suzy. He believes that ture should help in the transition, the skills he picked up in the environmental non-profit sector will Taylor said. In his role as executive director, translate well to managing WYFCS, Taylor acknowledged that he does- especially in areas like pursuing n’t have a background in youth serv- grant funding. The key is to track the grants that ices or mental wellness but he has spent years in the non-profit world, fit with WYFCS directives and adbeginning as the first executive di- mitting that there are times when even lucrative funding should be given a pass if the conditions don’t work. “You’re constantly trying to wed the grant funding ability with your goals so there’s this constant struggle to get the two to match,” Taylor said. “And sometimes you just can’t.” As Taylor becomes better acclimated directing WYFCS, he is confident that any gaps in his knowledge will be filled by the organization’s staff. The staff members’ level of experience and reputation are impressive coming in, he said. “There’s a large team of people. There are almost 30 people I think, so it will be a large group to manage,” said Taylor. “But I think people in that field care a lot about what they do so the management of the team will be relatively easy because of that.” One direction that Taylor will be exploring early as director will be in finding new ways to promote WYFCS and increase awareness in and outside of the Berlin community. “I think there are some changes. I think we need to market ourselves even more than we have in the past,” he said. “We’ll probably do some social media things in trying to promote the organization.” The idea is to take a “two-prong approach” and connect with current clients as well as people in Worcester who may have never heard of WYFCS. While a stronger emphasis on social media will be the keystone in Taylor’s strategy, more traditional methods will also be explored.
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