Meet Lillie and Taylor

Taylor Hardy is the Director of Micro Finance. Taylor moved from Western Illinois to Decatur at the end of summer 2019 for work opportunities. While getting acquainted with the community, she volunteered at Northeast Community Fund and when the Director of Micro Finance position opened, Taylor knew she wanted to permanently be a part of the Northeast Community Fund family.

Taylor graduated with her bachelor's degree in in Agricultural Science and Leadership Education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Taylor used to compete in pageants and now enjoys volunteering with the Miss Illinois Scholarship Organization as one of the Field Directors. Outside of the pageant world, Taylor enjoys hanging out and volunteering with her First Christian Church family.

Lillie Rainey is an accomplished social service worker with over 30 years of experience with working with children, families and community agencies. Lillie started working with children at Webster-Cantrell Hall in 1992, going on to accomplish many awards with the agency over her 30 years of service. She retired from Webster-Cantrell Hall in 2021.

Lillie is a Decatur native, an alum of Eisenhower High school, and is a mother of two daughters and one granddaughter. She enjoys spending time with her family and attending Church of the Living God Temple #4 where she is the Choir President, and serves on the Trustee Board, and Finance Committee.

Lillie is beyond grateful for having this opportunity to work with great staff and being able to continue working with the community. Her life goal is to help others by giving them some hope and encouragement through words of wisdom, prayer, as well as a hand up.