Formerly with Sports Association Management Inc.

Kay Hawes has more than 10 years of experience in athletics associations, focusing primarily on communications, publications, and media relations. Hawes currently manages the IA Faculty Athletics Representatives (IAFARs), an organization of faculty athletics represetatives at NCAA Division 1A institutions.

Hawes also directs media relations and publications for The National Center for Drug Free Sport, SAMI's sister company. She also consults with other associations that need project management services, including overseeing an online coaches education course SAMI developed for AAU Girls Basketball. Hawes also serves as a consultant to the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA), assisting the association with
projects related to a new communications initiative.

Before joining SAMI in 2004, Hawes was a key figure in the NCAA’s public affairs and communications groups, providing public relations counsel, press releases and other materials for NCAA leadership. Hawes also was associate editor of the NCAA's flagship publication,"The NCAA News."

A Certified Association Executive (CAE), Hawes is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and serves as chair of the Kansas City Society of Association Executives (KCSAE) Public Affairs Committee. Hawes has a master's degree in magazine journalism and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kansas.