Tangula Taylor, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, was named Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in February 2021.

Prior to her Children’s Mercy appointment, Taylor served as Vice President of Texas Children’s Health Plan, an HMO with 400,000 members for nine years, after having completed more than two decades at Texas Children’s Hospital. During her tenure at Texas Children’s, she served in various capacities as Director of Nursing, Integrated Medical Records and Director of Clinical Informatics and multiple Emergency Center leadership positions.

Taylor earned a BSN from the University of Texas and Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management from the University of Phoenix and has completed the Nursing Leadership Training Program at The Wharton School of Business.