Kelley Gregory Email & Phone Number

287 Marschall Road, Suite 201, Shakopee Mn 55435

Business: Legal services for small to medium sized businessFamilies: All Family Law issues, including divorce, custody, wills, trusts, estate planning and disability/medical advice.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Mn

Vice President & General Counsel (2013 – 2016) Employed by Young America for 18 ys. 6 mon.Promoted to Vice President & General Counsel. Oversaw all corporate legal activities and served as Compliance Officer. Reported to President and CEO, accountable to Board of Directors. • Serving as member of Executive Management Team, developed and executed three year strategic initiatives, identifying and resolving operational issues surpassing revenue objectives.• Created corporate compliance program and trained leadership to ensure compliance with internal policies, applicable law and regulations pertaining to Sarbanes-Oxley, ADA, HIPPA, Consumer Protection, FTC, CFPB, money laundering and data privacy requirements. • Advised, counseled, and actively participated in the development of a strategic, Intellectual Property portfolio (including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets), with particular emphasis on procuring protection Method and Process Patents in support of business. Successfully obtained 3 Patents, utilizing outside IP Counsel. • Led outside litigation team to a successful resolution by settlement, an unclaimed property case brought by 47 states against YA and our major clients. This five-year litigation defined “Holder Status” for promotional offers on a national basis. Contained legal expenditure by tight supervision of outside counsel. • Served as senior-level advisor in development of corporate communications. Handled media inquiries, approved press releases, Board and customer presentations which positively established the corporate image to minimized legal exposure.• Developed data warehouse for due diligence materials to facilitate the successful sale/offering of Company.

Norwood Young America, Minnesota

General Counsel (2008 – 2016)Promoted to General Counsel. Responsible for entire legal function. Reported to President.• Annually reviewed and negotiated 400+ complex commercial transactions including: client and vendor contracts, RFP proposals, real estate transactions, equipment leases, nondisclosure agreements, business/partner relationship agreements, business acquisition and merger documents, employment agreements, and legal responses to support business needs. Standardized client services agreements (SOW’s, Master services Agreements and SaaS agreements) NDA’s, vendor agreements, referral and partnership agreements.• Initiated a company-wide contract integration project creating 20 different document templates with standard, pre-cleared terms, significantly enhancing negotiation of new relationships and providing leverage for the company's sales and financial groups.• Designed and implemented a custom contract tracking system resulting in the company's first-ever information collection and authorization process. This tracking system successfully enables YA to log and track all revenue contracts, including information essential to sales and financial groups (contract terms, products, expiration dates, etc.).• Conducted confidential internal investigations into such sensitive issues as employee and consumer fraud. As the companies' legal representative, interfaced with the FBI, Post Master General, Client Fraud Investigators, Secret Services and federal prosecutors.• Oversaw legal, legislative and regulatory trends applicable to the business and trained business accordingly.

Norwood Young America, Mn

Promoted to build legal function. Developed and implemented policies to ensure effective handling of all Office of the President, AG and BBB correspondences and consumer complaint resolutions. Reported to CFO.• Developed a network of outsourced attorneys to complement our internal legal resources, mindfully negotiated legal fees by early case review and close supervision.• Worked with business product team to develop new products and services, counseling on risk, compliance, and legal issues associated with such new products and services.

Chanhassen, Mn

Recruited to lead Account Management Team. Ensured Client expectations were exceeded, while the maximum revenue potential was realized on all programs. Reported to VP of Account Management.• Inspired 5 Senior Account Executives, 12 Account Executives, and 6 Support Account Coordinators. • Administered annual departmental salary base of $600M. Managed $33M in annual revenue encompassing over 150 Client Accounts.

Burnsville, Mn

Privately held broker/trader company in rare coins and precious metals.Sales Manager - Managed sales floor of 75 professional sales associates.

Chaska, Mn

Privately held manufacturer and direct marketer of household appliances.Director of Customer Acquisition and Retention - Recruited to manage all Internal Direct Response Functions including Call Center, Operations, Fulfillment, and Database Marketing.

Minnetonka, Mn

Privately held Direct Response marketing subsidiary of FingerhutTelemarketing Sales Director - Managed all aspects of USA Direct / The Shopping Network telemarketing and customer service operations.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), General Practice

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science And Government