meet the team
Rev. Hillary Taylor
Executive Director (She/Her)
Rev. Hillary Taylor brings a passion for administrative order to SCADP. Before working for SCADP, she worked as a young adult missionary with the United Methodist Church and a two-point charge in Saluda, SC. A graduate of both Furman University and Candler School of Theology (Emory University), Hillary has been working against the death penalty since organizing with the #KellyOnMyMind Campaign in 2015 for Kelly Gissendaner in Georgia. When she returned to South Carolina, she became a pen-pal to someone on South Carolina's Death Row, and has been working ever since to abolish the state's death penalty. She is an ordained United Methodist Minister through the Mountain Sky United Methodist Annual Conference who loves all things related to psychology, liberation theology, and restorative justice.
Staff
Nyla Figueroa
Community Liaison (She/Her)
Nyla Figueroa is a temporary Community Liaison for SCADP passionate about her desire for change. She is a recent graduate of Coastal Carolina University earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Forensics and a minor certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. Nyla was a Summer 2024 intern with SCADP earning familiarity in this field of advocacy and helping the organization. She gained interest in alternatives to the death penalty through research in high school that has followed into college. She believes the death penalty is morally wrong and wants to fight against it.
Rev. Lily Wood
Spring Semester Intern
(She/Her)
Lily Wood is a native of Greenville, SC, and serves on the pastoral staff at Pelham Road Baptist Church. She is actively involved in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina, where she is a member of the Coordinating Council, and serves on the leadership team of GOAL Justice, an interfaith organization that addresses pressing community issues such as affordable housing and transportation. Prior to transitioning to full-time ministry in 2023, Lily was the Chief Operating Officer of a financial services law firm and also worked in the education sector. A graduate of Bob Jones University, she is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Central Seminary in Kansas. Lily and her husband, Jake, homeschool their two children, Elizabeth and Daniel.