About Kelly

Launched in the world:

1984 in sunny Santa Monica, California.

Launched in the workforce:

As an Oceans Advocate for NRDC, an environmental non-profit organization, working to enact marine protected areas along the California coast, eventually moving into fundraising (early life lesson: if you don't know how to ask for funding for your work, you can't get shit done) and special event planning.

Failure to launch:

A Mexican food truck in Queenstown, New Zealand circa 2010.  

More successful launches:

Passionately led global events for Square (a #dreamjob in a million different ways) for seven years. And now, I'm dipping my toes into the entrepreneurial waters (like so many others in the LWL community!) and starting a venture of my own in the design and experiential space.

Huge fan of these lovely ladies:

My mom, the perpetual entrepreneur, crazy ideas generator, and general life enthusiast. Michelle Obama and Margaret Sanger, tireless advocates for women's rights. Karen Garrison and Felicia Marcus, two badass ladies who've dedicated their entire careers to saving our precious planet.

Future launches:

Bringing the LWL goodness to APAC and Africa through my connections at the Edmund Hillary Fellowship out of New Zealand, working to establish a global fund specifically for women entrepreneurs on Main Street everywhere, and in retirement, a floral shop owner.