Jon Taylor is the Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities Arkansas. He joined Council staff in August of 2021. Prior to that, Jon was a retail field manager with a decade of successful experience in competitive, integrated employment. Over the last several years Jon has taken a progressively larger role in promoting disability inclusion in Arkansas. He is currently the Co-Chair of Disability: In Arkansas and is the Chair of the State Rehabilitation Council. In 2018 Jon was the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award for his work promoting and advocating the inclusion of Arkansas with disabilities into the workplace and community. Jon and his wife live in Conway; they have three children.