Jay Singleton's local government career began in the areas of personnel, budgeting and finance before moving into city management. Jay served for 21 years as Assistant County Administrator for Tarrant County, Texas, which has a population of more than 2 million citizens. Jay also has 19 years of prior work experience in city government. In 2020, Jay brought his diverse knowledge of local government to SGR, and now serves clients as Senior Vice President for Executive Recruitment. With SGR, Jay now enjoys the opportunity to facilitate the hiring process for governing bodies and boards, which he truly enjoys.

Jay is a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), National Association of County Administrators (NACA), Texas City Management Association (TCMA), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and Government Finance Officers Association of Texas (GFOAT). Jay attended Abilene Christian University, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Texas.

As an active member of his local community, Jay gives back by serving as president of his neighborhood association and a local development corporation. For well over 20 years, Jay has been an active volunteer for Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County, both delivering meals and currently serving on the Board of Directors. He has used his governmental skills to help the organization acquire grant funding to expand their facilities, a necessary move since meal production has escalated to over 1.7 million meals each year.

When not doing executive recruiting for SGR and other community work, he loves to visit state parks in his RV… something he thought he would never enjoy, but now finds is something that gives him great satisfaction.