Kay Ellis is Associate Director in the Office of Sponsored Projects and University Export Controls Officer at The University of Texas at Austin. She received a Bachelor of Science from Southern Nazarene University and a Master in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Ms. Ellis was with the University of Oklahoma for ten years prior to joining Oklahoma State University in 2002. As Director of University Research Programs, she implemented OSU's export control compliance program. In March 2008, she became the University Export Controls Officer and an empowered official for UT Austin and is the point of contact for export control issues. She provides training in this area and oversees the procedures put in place to ensure the University's compliance with federal export control regulations.

Ms. Ellis has been a workshop faculty member and a presenter on export controls at NCURA national and regional meetings, webinars, and online chats, and has also been an invited speaker at other professional meetings and conferences.