As vice president, strategy and long-term planning, Kayla has management responsibility for corporate strategy, generation resource planning, transmission and distribution planning, operations compliance and operations technology. Since joining Evergy in 2018, Kayla has held various leadership roles in strategy and planning.

Prior to joining Evergy, Kayla worked as a strategy consultant in the power and utilities sector with Strategy& (part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network). A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Kayla holds a degree in business administration and a concentration in mechanical engineering.