As a bagpiper for more than 30 years, Dorothy has had the opportunity to perform with her bands in the Rose Garden of the White House, a Washington, DC concert of Rod Stewart, Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination, for various tributes to veterans of the Vietnam War, the Korean War and World War II, and innumerable parades, public concerts and band competitions.
Having studied history and graduated with honors from Old Dominion University (in Norfolk, Virginia ), she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a particular focus in Scottish History. Since 1978, Ms. Taft has traveled extensively throughout Scotland and did independent research and studies during two extended stays.
In her professional career over the last two decades, Ms. Taft worked for Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Her work focused primarily on advocating for, and in defense of fundamental human rights around the globe.
Ms. Taft and her husband, Jim, live in Alexandria, Virginia. Ms. Taft grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, the youngest child of the late Dr. Gilbert Franklin Douglas, Jr. and Mrs. Sarah Phillips Douglas.
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