Greg Jones

Greg Jones

Originally from South Dakota, Greg Jones, Parsons KS, is the director of advocacy for Southeast Kansas Independent Living(SKIL). Greg Jones entered the IL movement in 1995 when SKIL was only a couple of years old and served a handful of customers. Greg got involved with nursing home and rehab escapes that included bringing people into his home. Today SKIL provides unduplicated services to over six thousand people in over 100 hundred Kansas counties. Through the years, Greg has had the opportunity to sit at the feet of many of the great leaders of the IL movement--from the diplomats to the activists. After fifteen years and watching the organization grow and growing with it, Greg's preference is to still work individually with customers rather than administration. Greg and SKIL have taken individual advocacy to its limits. Greg has been recognized by both state and national organizations for what they refer to as his "unique form of advocacy". Greg was quoted in the local paper as saying, "My personal goal is to see people reach a goal that other people have told them they would never reach." Greg is convinced EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY is possible!