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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. |
