Board Engagement
Dr. Kelly’s board engagement experience reflects her ability to work with governing bodies, community coalitions, and executive leadership teams to advance strategic priorities, strengthen accountability, and support informed decision-making. Her experience includes serving in formal board and committee leadership roles, presenting data and policy recommendations, building consensus across diverse stakeholders, and preparing board-facing materials that translate complex operational issues into clear action steps.
Her board-related work demonstrates more than participation. It reflects active governance partnership through agenda development, policy guidance, compliance oversight, strategic communication, and the ability to bring forward recommendations that support organizational growth, workforce investment, and community impact.
Bridging the Gap Continuum of Care
Date: June, 2026
Organization: Maui Homeless Alliance / Bridging the Gap Continuum of Care
Role: MHA Board Chair; BTG Board Member; BTG Data Committee Chair Proxy (Elected Positions)
Leadership Focus:
Board Engagement | Coalition Leadership | Governance | Policy Development
What It Demonstrates:
This demonstrates Dr. Kelly’s experience leading and supporting board-level governance within Maui’s homeless response system. As Maui Homeless Alliance Board Chair, she helps guide board discussions, supports strategic decision-making, and strengthens alignment among service providers, community partners, and Continuum of Care priorities.
Her prior roles as Vice Chair and elected person with lived experience for the Bridging the Gap Continuum of Care Board further demonstrate her ability to represent diverse perspectives, participate in regional governance, and contribute to system-level decision-making. Her experience as Data Committee Chair Proxy also reflects her work supporting CoC policies related to data quality, compliance, reporting expectations, and accountability.
Key Strengths Highlighted:
Board and coalition leadership
Facilitation of governance discussions
Cross-agency collaboration
Continuum of Care policy development
Data compliance and reporting oversight
Ability to represent community and lived-experience perspectives
Strategic communication with providers and partners
Relevance:
This shows Dr. Kelly’s ability to lead within a complex community governance structure, build trust among diverse stakeholders, and guide policy conversations that require both technical knowledge and relationship-based leadership. It is especially relevant to a role that requires productive board partnership, community credibility, and the ability to align multiple voices around shared mission outcomes.
Family Life Center Board Meeting
Date: December 2022
Organization: Family Life Center
Role: Chief Operating Officer
Leadership Focus:
Board Engagement | Strategic Growth | Property Asset Development | Program Outcomes | Community Impact
Work Sample:
FLC Board Meeting Presentation — December 2022
What It Demonstrates:
This sample demonstrates Dr. Kelly’s ability to prepare and present board-level information connected to organizational growth, grant-funded opportunities, property asset development, and community impact. The presentation included a review of a newly awarded County grant and a proposed new project involving property assets, requiring board understanding of both the strategic opportunity and operational implications.
The presentation also reviewed a highly visible encampment intervention that resulted in 85% of individuals maintaining permanent housing, demonstrating Dr. Kelly’s ability to communicate measurable outcomes, highlight program effectiveness, and support board-level confidence in complex community interventions.
Key Strengths Highlighted:
Board-level presentation and strategic communication
Translation of grant awards into actionable project planning
Property asset and program development discussion
Review of high-visibility community intervention outcomes
Data-informed reporting to support board oversight
Ability to connect operational work to measurable housing impact
Executive communication around sensitive community issues
Relevance:
This sample shows Dr. Kelly’s ability to engage a board in meaningful discussions about organizational growth, new funding opportunities, property-related strategy, and community-facing program outcomes. It demonstrates the executive judgment needed to present both opportunity and accountability: explaining how a grant-funded project can advance the mission while also showing measurable results from challenging, highly visible community work.