Jumoke Akin-Taylor is a Project Manager with San Francisco Public Works where she has worked for almost 8 years. She has over 30 years’ experience an array of public and private projects. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Design Build Institute of America Professional (DBIA) and a Certified CMAA trainer. She recently got elected to CMAA National Board of Directors and serves as a Juror on DBIA yearly National Award Jury Committee.

Jumoke is a teacher at heart who loves teaching Sunday school. In her spare time, she writes inspirational stories under the pen name “The King’s Daughter”. She is an aspiring blogger and co-moderates a monthly inspirational session called "Grit and Grace".

Jumoke holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil/Construction Engineering Technology from the University of the District of Columbia and a Masters in Construction Management from Cal State East Bay.