As chairperson of the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle is at the heart of the organization’s charitable giving. The Foundation has allocated more than half a billion to nonprofits in the United States focused on community empowerment, education and environmental stewardship. The majority of Foundation grants are identified by Enterprise Mobility team members to help give back to the communities in which they live and work.
As the daughter of founder Jack Taylor, Taylor Kindle grew up within the business and formally joined the organization as an office manager in 1974. After stepping away in 1977 to focus on raising her two children, Taylor Kindle returned in 1994 to grow the Foundation. In 2019, she was appointed chairperson, a role she has occupied ever since.
In addition to her leadership of the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, Taylor Kindle manages additional philanthropic endeavors for the Taylor family, including the Crawford Taylor Foundation, and serves on the Crawford Taylor Group board of directors.
Taylor Kindle is also a trustee for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and serves as the campaign chair for Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri. She is a former trustee of the Saint Louis Zoo, John Burroughs School and Girl Scouts of Greater St. Louis.