Kay Sullivan is a woman who has overcome many obstacles on her road to success, and has broken down barriers for other women and for African-Americans. She is the first woman and the first African-American to serve as Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and the first African-American to become chair of the Miami-Dade County Commission on the Status of Women. Kay is currently serving as Secretary of the National Association of Commissions for Women and she served as Chair of the 1996 Convention of the National Association of Commissions for Women held in Miami Beach. Kay is a graduate of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. Despite her busy schedule, Kay finds the time to give back to her school, counseling inmates through the Prison Ministry at Broward Correctional Institution for Women, and serving as a mentor and foster parent to a young woman who has, in part because of Kay's involvement, just started college.