Jayna Hefford wife Kathleen Kauth is a chief operating officer at Mantle Developments. Jayna started dating her in 2013 and has three children.
Similarly, Kauth won an olympic bronze medal while playing for Team USA in Torino in 2006. She is a World Championship gold and silver medalist with Team USA and co-founder and current board director of the Canadian women’s professional hockey league.
Hefford’s playing career began at the 1994 national under-18 championship as a part of the gold medal-winning Ontario team. During her hockey career, Jayna shined with medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World’s Women’s Championships.
On June 26, 2018, Hefford was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and a month later, she was named interim commissioner of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League.
Inside Jayna Hefford Married Life With Kathleen
Jayna Hefford wife Kathleen Kauth is raising three kids named Isla, Arwen and Lauchlin in Toronto.
Besides, a piece released by si.com has also noted Kauth and Hefford as a married couple. It says that Kathleen and Jayna have bridged the divide to build lives and families together away from the rink.
Their dating history dates back to 2013. While talking to the Vernon Morning Star in 2014, she revealed that she was having a baby with her partner, Kathleen.
Hefford added that it was the best year of her life, with having a baby and the challenges of being involved with doing that and playing for the national team.
Kathleen Kauth Works At Mantle Developments
Kathleen Kauth is an experienced Cleantech executive at Mantle Developments. Kathleen won a bronze medal at the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino.
Likewise, Kathleen formerly worked at Voltus, a significant energy demand response firm in North America, in business development and sales for big, essential customers. She also spearheaded Peak Power’s efforts to develop projects and products for electric car grid integration.
Besides, Kathleen formerly worked in the innovation area at MaRS Discovery District, where she led relationships and operations for their energy team, the Advanced Energy Centre.
Later, she worked in business management and deployment at Blackstone Energy Solutions, a solar power project developer.
As per Kauth’s LinkedIn, she holds an undergraduate degree in biology/pre-Medicine from Brown University and a master’s degree in international public health from Boston University.
She is a life-long learner who has passed all three CFA exams and is always taking online courses in disciplines ranging from accounting to history.
Kathleen Had An Olympic Career
Kauth formerly played ice hockey for the Brampton Thunder when affiliated with the NWHL.
Her journey to the 2006 Olympics in Torino was not easy, as shortly after making the national team in 2001, Kauth had to face devastating news. Her father, Don Kauth, perished in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.
However, months later, Kauth was one of the four players cut from the team when it was reduced from 25 to 21 just before the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
Although Kauth has chosen a separate career, she still has unforgettable memories of representing the country on the biggest athletic stage.
Jayna Hefford Has A Son and Two Daughters
Jayna has three children, two daughters and a son with Kathleen.
According to the Athletic, Jayna’s partner Kathleen carried Isla right before the 2014 Olympic year started. Their eldest daughter was born in March 2013.
After their first child’s birth, Kathleen returned to work in March 2014, and Hefford became a stay-at-home mother. They got Isla into daycare, which gave her some time to train.
Two years later, Jayna got pregnant with her son, Lauchlin, who was born in 2016. Jayna’s pregnancy was smooth as she had officially retired and could stay home until he was about 18 months old.
Besides, their youngest daughter Arwen was born in 2018, and until she was 14 months old, Jayna stayed at home and took responsibility for their kids.
Jayna Hefford Family Life Growing Up
Jayna Hefford family moved to Kingston from Trenton when she was a year old. Hefford was raised by her parents, Sandra and Larry Hefford.
Her father, Larry, worked in the penitentiary system but was also a keen hockey fan. At that time, there were few hockey options for girls, so her parents enrolled Jayna in ringette.
After her mom and dad got her onto the hockey team, she discovered that a neighbor living next door was coaching the boys’ house league team.
Jayna also has a brother named Mike Hefford.