Kayla Gifford is an experienced professional in business development and community education, currently serving in a Business Development role at Verro Group since February 2024. Gifford has been a Community Educator with the City of Columbus since August 2020 and also contributes as an Artist and Community Educator at the Wexner Center for the Arts since January 2021. Previous experience includes roles in business development and client relations at ACCi Design+Build, project management at LR Design+Build, and an internship at the Ohio Arts Council. Gifford's early career involved project management and design leadership at Transform Construction. Gifford holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences, earned between 2017 and 2020.