Stephen “Austin” Hayes, Jr. was born in Washington DC and grew up in the suburbs of Potomac, MD. He is the oldest of three children to Stephen and Theo Tuomey Hayes. He is the 3rd great grandson to Rutherford B. Hayes, our country’s 19th president. Austin attended the University of Hartford and has been in the advertising industry for 15 years. He currently resides in New York, NY working for Publicis Groupe.