About Kay Wilson-Bolton

Celebrating over 3 decades in real estate which began in 1976, Kay Wilson-Bolton is the owner/broker of CENTURY 21 Buena Vista, and has been a full-time real estate broker and owner. One day a client who had just closed a transaction noted that the service she received spoke well of Kay in that she was “versatile, attentive and fair.”

Those are good descriptors and some of the reasons why she is consistently one of the top listing REALTORS® in West Ventura County. She is known as a “broker’s broker” with a specialty in forensics.

Kay received a BS Degree in Business Administration in 1968 from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA., a BA in Christian Ministries from the Master’s College in Santa Clarita, CA in 2004 as well as a year of graduate work at the Kings Seminary. She is a consistent student and holds multiple real estate designations and certifications. She is also a Probate and REO specialist, an ESigning Notary Agent and forensic expert. She serves the Public Administrators office for the County of Ventura and a consultant for Titanium Solutions, a program designed to keep people in their homes if possible.

Kay’s myriad of special interests is highlighted by her service and special love for the Fire Department and serves as their Chaplain. She has particular training in Critical Incident Stress Management, Workplace Violence and Suicide Prevention and Postvention.

She is specifically motivated in areas of loving and empowering people who are poor in spirit and resources. She has become poor herself so she can serve them. She has experienced pain and loss so she can understand it. She believes that great work is done around a table filled with food. Her work includes a great partnership with FOOD Share and Seconds Please, Treasure Box, food shared as a USDA agency and with the Boys and Girls Club of the Santa Clara Valley in the lunch program for the Fillmore site. FOOD Share keeps the Many Meals Pantries filled with food.

Her other major volunteer focus is the SPIRIT of Santa Paula, a 501C3, created with love in 2001, with friends and colleagues John Kulwiec and Bill Simmons, guided by attorney Ben Schuck, to promote the NDOP in the Judeo-Christian tradition and to put a laser light on all aspects of community. Her recent work was triggered and inspired by the death of a homeless man, named Richard Rios Soto, on Christmas eve in 2008. His body was found in a church, attended by Rudy Jimenez, one person who broke the rules and opened the door for him. His courage inspired Kay to begin opening other doors. As Fire Chaplain on that call, Kay decided she could do no less. She had the keys that would open many.

The next step was Many Meals which began two weeks later with 57 homeless and hungry dinner guests on January 14, 2009. This program grew to the Presbyterian Church a few blocks away and served 790 on Thanksgiving evening. Then came the winter warming shelter in 2009-2010, known as Richard’s House, serving 216 men, women and children throughout the five month season. Richard’s La Plaza opened in June of 2010 serving homeless families. The home was donated to SPIRIT by Wells Fargo Bank.

In her business life, her work is close to impeccable when possible. Her office has become an outpost for poor people who need just about anything. She is committed to employee and sales agent training and skill enhancements for all of her real estate agents. She has facilitated workshops, taught a Time Management course for Women’s Economic Ventures and is on the faculty for the California Association of REALTORS® continuing education courses.

She is a PEO, former Mayor and Council Member for the City of Santa Paula and Chair of the Redevelopment Agency, a former Outstanding Alumnus for Cal Poly Pomona, President of the California Women for Agriculture, REALTOR® OF THE YEAR in 1997, President of the Ventura County Coastal Association of REALTORS® in 2000, President of the Ojai Valley Board of REALTORS® in 2006.

She served the California Association of REALTORS® Political Action Committee in 2001 and 2002,the Housing, Land Use and Cultural Diversity Committees, and on the local Ombudsman and Professional Standards Committees.

For many years Kay has dedicated her time to benefit organizations such as the SPIRIT of Santa Paula, NAHREP, United Way, Boys Scouts of America, the Girls and Boys Clubs, Faith Comes by Hearing International Foundation, ACTION Foundation of Ventura County, and the National Day of Prayer Task Force. She has also been a frequent columnist and writer for various local newspapers and is a member of the Presbyterian Church Handbell Choir—her only R&R.

Her husband Howard is a graphic artist and serves in prison ministry at the Todd Road Jail. They live simply in Santa Paula with two little rescued dogs named Jonathan and King David, along with three rescued cats. One of the cats is Scout, a homeless girl from the Ojai Humane Society. Scout gets to serve as the Mental Health Officer at Kay’s office.