Kim Bayliss

HOMETOWN: TULSA, OKLAHOMA

EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, georgetown university law center

CAMPAIGNS: synar for congress (1984-1990)

CAPITOL HILL: senior advisor to late rep. mike synar (d-OK) for 10 years. directly responsible for minimum age requirements for tobacco sales, and the creation of a copyright license for direct-to-consumer video services via satellite

K STREET: ran dc office of a small media company focused on copyright. named first female partner of dutko group in 2000. co-founder of perry bayliss government relations.

LIFE NOW: washington, dc with her husband kyle and three children now in boston, brooklyn, and atlanta.

ROOTING INTERESTS: university of oklahoma sooners, georgetown hoyas, and washington nationals

Kim Bayliss is a veteran federal lobbyist who specializes in Telecommunications, Media, and Technology. For over two decades, Kim has helped clients navigate virtually every piece of legislation involving the satellite, wireless, telecom, cable, broadcast, consumer electronics, and internet sectors. Corporations, trade associations, and startups depend on Kim to develop and manage government relations and public affairs campaigns for their most challenging engagements with Congress, the White House, and executive branch agencies.

Kim began her career as a television news reporter for KTEN in Ada, Oklahoma, and later joined The Nightly Business Report (PBS) in Washington, DC.  She made the transition from reporting on Congress to working for Congress as a press assistant then policy aide to the late Rep. Mike Synar (D-OK). Kim developed expertise in telecommunications and technology policy while managing the legislative portfolio for Rep. Synar on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee—all while attending law school at Georgetown University. 

After law school, Kim was recruited to head the Washington office of a small media company, leading its lobbying on copyright and satellite issues. She joined The Dutko Group in 1997, helping to build the firm’s telecom and technology practice. Kim was voted Dutko’s first female partner in 2000. After Dutko was acquired by Grayling in 2009, Kim headed the technology and telecom practice for Grayling. 

In each of her professional endeavors—Dutko Group, its successor firm Grayling, and at Perry Bayliss Government Relations—Kim deployed her knowledge of politics, communications, and the legislative process to successfully advise clients.