Amanda Taylor
Senior Consultant
Amanda Taylor has more than nine years of experience in the
economic development and site selection profession and has provided
site selection and economic development consulting with McCallum
Sweeney Consulting since 2011.
Since joining the team at McCallum Sweeney, Ms. Taylor has assisted
corporate clients with siting projects, providing location analytics
expertise and incentives negotiation services. She is actively assisting
nationwide advanced manufacturing site selection projects in automotive
and aerospace industries. Ms. Taylor recently completed work managing
incentives negotiations for Michelin North America’s 1.7-million-squarefoot Midwest distribution center in Wilmington, Illinois. She assisted with
site analysis for the location of a Shaw Industries carpet tile manufacturing facility in Adairsville,
Georgia; demographic and labor analysis for Northrop Grumman; and a feasibility study for an
advanced manufacturing siting project in Europe. Active economic development projects
Ms. Taylor is working on include a statewide site certification program for Wyoming and a 5-year
economic development strategy for the Charleston, South Carolina MSA. Recent economic
development work includes an incentives and business climate study for the Arkansas
Economic Developers Association and a target competitiveness study for the state of Florida.
Prior to joining McCallum Sweeney, Ms. Taylor spent more than four years with the Savannah
Economic Development Authority (SEDA) in Savannah, Georgia. While at SEDA, she held
positions in research, geographic information system (GIS) analysis, and project management,
assisting with projects such as the 2009 location of Mitsubishi Power Systems (500 jobs, $325
million investment), and 2010 Gulfstream Aerospace expansion (1,000 jobs, $500 million
investment). Ms. Taylor previously held an internship with Cornerstone Alliance, an economic
development organization serving Berrien County in Southwest Michigan.
Ms. Taylor received a Master of City and Regional Planning from Clemson University and was
honored with the 2012 American Institute of Certified Planners award. She received a Bachelor
of Arts from the University of Connecticut, double majoring in Geography and Economics. Ms.
Taylor is an accredited Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate
(LEED® Green Associate).
phone: (864) 553-7042
fax: (864) 672-1610
15 South Main Street, Suite 950
Greenville, SC 29601
www.mccallumsweeney.com
ataylor@mccallumsweeney.com