Kyra is Associate Public Relations Director for San Francisco Ballet, where she has worked in the PR department for over nine years. Prior to San Francisco Ballet, Kyra was an account executive in the San Francisco office of public-relations firm Porter Novelli, where she worked with a variety of technology and consumer clients including Hewlett-Packard and PowerBar. In addition, she worked in the public relations division of EvansGroup in San Francisco (which has since been acquired by Publicis). Kyra began her career in the public affairs office of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and while in college, held internships on Capitol Hill and in the Presidential press office of the Office of the First Lady. Kyra graduated with B.A. degrees in English and Political Science. She has always enjoyed volunteer work.