Ivy Taylor | |
|---|---|
 Taylor in May 2017 | |
| Mayor of San Antonio | |
| In office July 22, 2014 – June 21, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Julian Castro |
| Succeeded by | Ron Nirenberg |
| Member of the San Antonio City Council from District 2 | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 17, 1970 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Nonpartisan (as officeholder) Democratic as registered member |
| Spouse | Rodney Taylor |
| Alma mater | Yale University (AB) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MS) University of Pennsylvania (Ed.D.)[1] |
| Profession | Urban planner[2] |
| Website | City website Campaign website |
Ivy Ruth Taylor (born June 17, 1970)[2] is the former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 2014 through 2017, and the former president of Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi from 2017 through 2023. The former politician and urban planner was a nonpartisan officeholder,[3] although she is registered as a Democrat.[4] She was also the first African American to be elected mayor of San Antonio and only the second woman in that position. In addition, Taylor was the first female African-American mayor of a city with a population of more than one million.[5]
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IvyTaylorLinkedInAcctwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Application for a place on the City of San Antonio General Election Ballot" (PDF). City of San Antonio. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick (June 14, 2015). "Taylor's San Antonio Win a Wake-Up Call for Democrats". Texas Tribune. Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ Rauf, David Saleh (June 16, 2016). "Democratic party touts the leadership of large municipal mayors". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ^ Selby, W. Gardner (August 6, 2014). "With Ivy Taylor, San Antonio is largest U.S. city to ever have African American female mayor". PolitiFact.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.