Kelley O'Brien has more than 20 years of experience as a communicator, grant writer, project manager, and administrator in higher education and nonprofits. As a grant writing consultant, she has secured millions in public and private grants. As an administrator, she has served on the management team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Government and led a statewide K-12 education program. And, as a project manager and facilitator, she has led strategic planning efforts and a variety of initiatives that required broad-based buy-in and support. 

Kelley has taught extensively on grant writing and communications, designing and instructing courses for graduate students and professionals on these topics. She is clinical assistant professor of management and corporate communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She has a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in Honors Interdisciplinary Studies, Urban Studies from the University of Georgia. More recently, she has completed the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program in Innovation and Harvard Division of Continuing Education's Design Thinking Program.  

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