Jon Akers has served as the Executive Director for the Kentucky Center for School Safety since his appointment in December of 2000. He has 52 years of experience in public education, which includes: teaching Civics at Winburn Junior High School in the Fayette County Schools (1970-75); serving as the Associate Principal at Lexington Junior High School (1975-81) followed by Bryan Station High School serving as the principal of Bryan Station High School until 1989 and then Paul Laurence Dunbar High School 1989-99.

Since 1999, Jon has served as a Kentucky Leadership Academy coach (mentoring 40 principals) and Scholastic Auditor for the Kentucky Department of Education. He is also a national trainer of Emergency Management for the United States Department of Education. A few of his awards and recognitions include: Administrator of the Year (1993), Outstanding Teacher Award (1975), Distinguished Educator (1996) and 1998 High School Principal of the Year awarded by the Kentucky Department of Education.

Education is and always has been a passion for Jon’s entire family. His wife, Lyn, is a retired teacher and school counselor. His eldest son, Rob, served as the principal of Woodford County High School for 13 years and recently retired as an associate commissioner in the Kentucky Department of Education’s office of teacher licensing and professional development and is now a “Professional in residence” at Western Kentucky University. Jon’s his youngest son, David, was a 6th Grade Science teacher before his 15-year career in the NFL. Jon and his wife are the proud grandparents of four precious grandchildren, Caryl Lyn (who is a first-year teacher in Scott Co.), Luke, Halley Noel and Sawyer.