California State Ballot Initiatives

Kathy Hayes earned a degree in Political Science from U.C. Davis in 1986. She served as the Governmental Affairs Director for the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce for seven years before becoming a field representative for then State Senator Mike Thompson. She went on to take the position of Governmental Affairs Director for the North Bay Association of Realtors and later became the Associations Executive Vice President. She is currently working on strategic objectives for the Santa Rosa Charter School and simultaneously serves as the Homeowner Services Manager for Habitat for Humanity.

Her community service includes time and energy helping the Santa Rosa Education Cooperative Board, the Sonoma County School District Reorganization Committee, the American Red Cross, Sonoma County Alliance, the Sonoma County Housing Coalition, Becoming Independent, Santa Rosa and Napa Chambers of Commerce, the Russian River Watershed Council, Girls Scouts, the Sonoma County Managed Care Network, Leadership Santa Rosa and Tomorrow’s Leaders Today. She is the recipient of many awards for local service.