Zack Taylor

Nichols Hills resident, Zach D. Taylor celebrated 25 years as Executive Director of the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG).

Taylor has led the regional organization which represents over one million people and an area of over 3,000 square miles,developing collaborations to protect the region’s ground water, implementing an enhanced 9-1-1 system, promoting transportation improvements, maintaining air quality, encouraging citizen led strategic plans for the region.

He was honored this spring with the Citizens League Jean McLaughlin Award and had previously received the Citizens League Board Member of the Year Award. Taylor and his wife, Alison, have two daughters, Elizabeth, 22, and Lauren, 19.

While being extremely involved as Director of ACOG, Taylor has also served the Central Oklahoma community in many volunteer capacities. Among his past and present organizational affiliations are:

• NARC Board of Directors
• Community Advisory Board of the Junior League of
• Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma City-County Criminal Justice Council
• Rotary International, Club 29
• Leadership Oklahoma City
• Westminster Presbyterian Church Board of Trustees
• Central Oklahoma Citizens League Board of Directors
• Central Oklahoma Regional Leadership Institute
• Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation
• Community Council of Central Oklahoma
• Allied Arts Foundation
• Cultural Development Corporation of Central Oklahoma
• Mercy Health Center Foundation
• Central Oklahoma Volunteer Center