Catherine "Kay" Kerr (née Spaulding; 1911 – 2010) was a pioneer in environmentalism.
The three friends also founded the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the first coastal protection agency in America.
Their efforts helped spark the environmental movement in the United States.
[2] Throughout her life, Kerr fought to protect the San Francisco Bay from development and landfill and to restore wetlands and estuarine habitat.
Kay Kerr was born in Los Angeles and attended Stanford University, where she majored in journalism.