Background
Kays, Elena J. was born on November 7, 1966 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Eugene Earl and Karen Jane (Easterly) Hoffman.
Kays, Elena J. was born on November 7, 1966 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Eugene Earl and Karen Jane (Easterly) Hoffman.
Associate of Applied Science, Chamberlayne Junior College, Boston, 1987. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Centenary College, 1992. Master of Arts, East Stroudsburg University, 1995.
Senior interior designer, Isabel & Company/MACII, Easton, Pennsylvania and New York City, 1986-1990; landscape designer, renderer, Daniel's Landscaping, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1986-1991; draftsperson, Mary Trubek Architecture, Alpha, New Jersey, 1987-1988; draftsperson, Tylman Moon Associations, Flemington, New Jersey, 1988; design assistant, Directions in Design, Hackettstown, New Jersey, 1990; assistant professor interior design, Centenary College, Hackettstown, since 1992. Member of advisory board FIDER, Kean U., Union, New Jersey, 1997-1998. Task force member National Council for Interior Design Legislation, New Jersey, 1998.
Member International Association Lighting Designers (educator), American Society Interior Designers (allied, faculty advisor student chapter since 1992), Interior Design Educators Council (corporation, communications committee since 1996, instructional improvement committee since 1996).
Married Philip F. Kays Junior, September 16, 1989. 1 child, Lydia Rose.