As a Senior Associate Director of Research Development, Kelly fosters strong relationships with foundations and partners to support faculty research and university priorities. She is also Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the Office of the Dean for Research (ODFR) and is actively involved in campus organizations, including the Princeton University Library, Princeton University Art Museum, and the Office of Religious Life.

Before joining ODFR, Kelly managed corporate, foundation, and government relations at the Princeton University Art Museum. Prior to that, she contributed to development efforts at the Kingsborough Community College Foundation (City University of New York), New York University Stern School of Business, and the Bard Graduate Center.

Kelly has presented at conferences for NCURA (National Council of University Research Administrators), SRAI (Society of Research Administrators International), and CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), and she has served on the organizing committee for the CASE Corporate and Foundation Relations Conference.

She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. Kelly lives in Princeton and has recently served on the board of the Princeton Public Library Foundation.

Princeton University Projects:

• Liaison, GradFutures Professional Development Working Group
• Partnership Lead, Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI)