Monecia Taylor joined the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in 2005 and left in August 2016 to serve as Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts at Virginia Tech.

Taylor served as Major Gifts Director and then as Director of Development before becoming Associate Director for External Affairs for the Museum. In that role, she continued to be the Museum's chief fundraising officer. During her tenure, the Museum raised over $225 million, including many principal gifts of $5 million or more. Under her leadership of the development program, the Museum successfully completed its campaign to fund the construction of the restoration, collections storage, and archives wing of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Taylor has a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington and served in several fundraising roles at her alma mater earlier in her career, including Director of Annual Giving, Director of Community and Organizational Development, and Director of Development. She has also served as Assistant Head for Development at St. Margaret School, as Director of Development for George Washington University's Fredericksburg Foundation, and as a fundraising consultant.