Kelly has experience and talent in: ~ Leading change in organizations to meet mission and goals ~ Creating and implementing strategic plans ~ Building effective teams ~ Managing financial resources for efficiency and bottom line growth ~ Negotiating for successful outcomes ~ Leading processes in both the public and private sectors ~ Teaching ~ Writing in a wide variety of formats ~ Speaking public before audiences and on both radio and television ~ Building Consensus from Chaos ~ Leveraging Skills of Board of Directors, Community Members and Volunteers ~ Executing Organization Direction ~ Small City and Rural Community BuildingKelly has over 20 years of experience in leading organizations and initiatives to success. She creates strategies that create value for clients and constituencies then delivering with impact. She is an effective and thoughtful change agent known for her thoughtful in her approach to people, process and profitability. She is not afraid of taking risks and working in start-up and rapidly changing environments.A recognized community leader, she is an effective communicator who leads initiatives in the public and private sectors to successful outcomes; including:Burlington Business Association~ 100% growth in total revenue in 5 years~ Annual Dinner event generates $75,000 in revenue~ Worked with city officials to implement $12million in street improvement projects~ 5 consecutive years of surpassing budget projections by 10% or more per yearChamplain Valley Cohousing~ Managed project with total cost of $8,000,000.00~ Managed contract for completion of $2,500,000.00 in site work~ Successfully reworked scope of work to eliminate $800,000 in potential cost overruns~ Brought Phase III of project to completion on-time and under budget~ Personally closed $3,000,000.00 in real estate sales for project