Kelly is a Policy Coordinator at the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.  In this role, she leads NSI’s Future of U.S. Alliances programming, manages the Institute’s Fellows Program, produces the Fault Lines podcast, and oversees the annual National Security Summer Program.

Kelly brings eight years of experience across domestic and international policy, program management, and government service.  Before joining NSI, she worked as a program specialist in refugee resettlement, coordinating with affiliates nationwide to ensure compliance with the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.  She also served as a federal employee with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia for two years.

As much as any military brat calls one place home, Kelly is from Arlington, Virginia.  She graduated from McGill University with a degree in International Development and holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.  In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, and is a proud science fiction nerd.