As Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Meals on Wheels America, Kelly is responsible for creating corporate partnership concepts, developing stewardship strategies, and maximizing partner investments and brand alignment to drive fundraising and awareness to meet the organization’s mission.
Before joining Meals on Wheels America in 2020, Kelly spent two decades as a corporate relations manager and cause marketing strategist at leading national and global non-profits including Special Olympics International, American Red Cross, and Share Our Strength. She also consulted with Social Capital, a fundraising and strategy agency for top causes. She began her career at a Silicon Valley college counseling firm during the early days of Internet startups.
Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy studies and German from Duke University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.