Prior to joining FSEEE in 2000, Kay practiced environmental and business litigation in the private sector. She has an undergraduate degree in environmental biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara (1986) and a law degree with a Certificate in Environmental and Energy Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law (1989). In addition, she has more than a decade of experience in fundraising. Kay works with FSEEE members and foundation funders, and provides support on whistleblower and environmental claims. Kay and her husband, a biology professor, live in Eugene with their two sons.