Kay Olive

Executive Director

Kay brought years of business consulting and strategic development experience to the development of the Washington Homeland Security Roundtable in 2004, having just celebrated a 15th Anniversary for WHSR.

She has been selected by DHS to be an Official Observer for several of the DHS biannual exercises for comprehensive national preparedness, and a participant for CyberStorm V. As the Director of WHSR, Kay was one of 15 people to participate in DHS Secretary Chertoff’s quarterly Think Tank/NPO Roundtable. WHSR holds an MOA with DHS TSA for Industry Engagement, an MOU with CBP for the Border Patrol Industry Academy, an MOA with the USCG for the Coast Guard Industry Academy and partners on Industry programs across DHS.  Kay was selected by USSOUTHCOM on behalf of Admiral James Stavridis as one of 20 participants in a national program on Drug Trafficking Organizations, working with USSOUTHCOM, SOCOM, JIATF-South, and DEA HQ because of her work with DHS.

Kay founded Olive Strategies, a consulting firm primarily in the DHS space.  She co-founded the Washington Cyber Roundtable, which provided strategic executive industry resources and collaboration with various USG agencies. Kay and WHSR helped found the Border Security Technology Consortium, collaborating with SCRA and DHS CBP to provide a rapid acquisition vehicle for pilots and prototypes, and serves as the Technology Director. She has served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the Border Patrol Foundation and for the Border Trade Alliance, and as a member of the Corporate Military Advisory Board for FLIR Systems. 

Kay has founded firms working in the areas of Corporate Strategic Planning, Executive Development, and design and implementation of Total Quality Management, Process Improvement and related programs.

Kay served as an appointed Trustee for a Department of Defense BRAC Board, an elected member of a City Board of Directors, and as an appointed Commissioner for a Municipal Housing Authority. She has served on Chamber of Commerce Boards of Directors and various community boards, as a volunteer for the USO Lounge at Dulles Airport and is a Sustaining Member of the Junior League. She holds a BS, Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is a graduate of numerous executive MBA courses and training programs.