Executive Staff

Meet the people behind the impact

Taylor Jackson – Interim President & CEO

Taylor Jackson has been with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County since 2016 when she began as a College Success Coach with the TOPS College Success Program, and the first coach dedicated to our Madison College partnership. In 2018, she was promoted to Manager of Mentoring & Career Development and in 2020, to Director of Career & Leadership Development, leading our paid career programs for youth and young adults. During her time with the clubs, Taylor has supported the creation of a TOPS Scholar emergency fund, expanded our paid career opportunities for youth by 200%, developed a number of new career partnerships and programs, and worked to raise the minimum wage for our member opportunities to $15/hour.

Taylor holds a BA in International Studies and African Languages & Literature from UW Madison where she served as a leader for Colleges Against Cancer, working to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society annually. Taylor has served as a member of the Youth Employment Network and YEN Steering Committee, the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, and various task forces and committees focused on supporting opportunities for youth in Madison, and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Madison.

Lindsay Stephan – Senior VP of Development

Lindsay has almost a decade of experience in the nonprofit and higher education sectors, having secured over $25 million in her career. She specializes in donor and client acquisition, fundraising campaign management, data-driven outreach, and performance optimization. She is passionate about serving the Dane County community through her work on local boards, committees and service numerous projects.

For the past six years, Lindsay has worked at the University of Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, where she advanced philanthropic support for scholarships and need-based aid within the University’s Office of Financial Aid. She also increased annual giving support to the University’s discretionary fund and implemented targeted marketing initiatives to engage alumni at major campus events and traveled across the country to raise funds for the university. Before her time at the Foundation, Lindsay worked for Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois and Heart of Illinois United Way, focusing on creating awareness of local programs and services within the Central Illinois region as a Marketing Executive.

Lindsay is a proud graduate of Carthage College, where she dual-majored in Communications and Public Relations. While at Carthage, she worked at NBC Universal’s Investigative Unit, studied abroad in Limerick, Ireland, and completed her undergraduate thesis in Ho, Ghana. Lindsay obtained her MBA from Marquette University in 2023.

Alan Branch, Sr. – VP of Workforce Development

Alan is a result-driven development professional with a 25 + year track record working in partnership with business and non profits to advance mutual business and philanthropic interests. Alan has a long history of developing constituent relationships and has years of experience connecting individual and community stakeholders to transformational causes, which he’s deeply passionate about.

For the past seven years, he has been a leader in the Greater Cincinnati community working to build strong business and personal relationships rooted in philanthropy, helping thousands of individuals connect deeply to causes in the areas of quality education, workforce, income stability, and health to advance the common good for all in the Greater Cincinnati region.

As a senior fundraising executive for United Way of Greater Cincinnati he is responsible for their partnerships with the building trades/ manufacturing and his experience includes strategic planning, consensus building, strategy execution, achieving revenue goals, and exceeding expectations in partnership with large corporate partners like General Electric, The Duke Energy Corporation, Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and more.

Tiffany Loomis – Chief Administrator & Programs Officer

Tiffany Loomis has been working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County since 2012. She started with a part-time position in the Recreation Department. Tiffany was promoted to Club Director for our Allied Family Center in 2013 and held that position until December 2018. Tiffany served as the longest standing Club Director in Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County history.

As Vice President of Operations, Tiffany is dedicated to creating long term partnerships and relationships with members, families, and other local organizations. Her main focus is staff development, program development, training, facilities and safety.

Tiffany holds a B.S. in Sports & Recreation Management from Ashford University. She was the founder of Madison Blaze Women’s Football. Tiffany is also a Military Veteran of the United States Army Reserves where she served as an Ammunition Specialist in one tour in Kuwait.