Kelly is all about strategy. She helps to keep Strategic Communications clients focused on business goals and communications goals, while sharing her expert knowledge of what will garner positive attention from the news media and other key audiences. She also provides support to the Strategic Communications team and clients by anticipating what tactics or messages could be questioned, misunderstood, or otherwise derail client communications, and how to navigate those situations.
Kelly is Accredited in Public Relations by the Universal Accreditation Board, holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and is a Central New York 40 Under Forty recipient. She is also a published author, including her most recent book on Nonprofit Communications.