Ivy R. Taylor was elected to serve as the District 2 Councilperson on June 13, 2009. Ms. Taylor is a wife, mom and City Planner

Ms. Taylor began her career working for the City of San Antonio in the Housing and Community Development Department and the Neighborhood Action Department. While at the City, she worked with a variety of neighborhood associations, developers and nonprofit organizations in order to facilitate inner city redevelopment. She also planned several of the City's Housing Summits which provided an opportunity for community partners to exchange practical ideas on how to address our city's housing needs. After six years, she left employment with the City of San Antonio to become a Vice President at Merced Housing Texas. At Merced, she worked to create and implement programs focused on children, education, health and financial literacy for apartment community residents. In the fall, Ms. Taylor will become a lecturer at UTSA for their public administration program.

Ms. Taylor served on the City's Planning Commission and as a commissioner for the City's Urban Renewal Agency (SADA). She also served on the advisory board for Our Lady of the Lake's Center for Women in Church and Society. She currently serves on the board for the Martinez Street Women's Center and Haven for Hope. She completed the Leadership San Antonio class sponsored by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, and in 2004 was acknowledged by the San Antonio Business Journal as a "Rising Star" in their "40 under 40" class. In 2008, she completed Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Training Program.

Ms. Taylor obtained a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. In 1992, she received a Bachelor's Degree from Yale University.