Director, Western & Central Service Areas (WCSA), ANM-9

Kelly served in the United States Coast Guard for 16 years where she represented the Department of Transportation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit System Protection Board and served as the Director of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Civil Rights Officer for the 13th Coast Guard District.

Kelly joined the FAA in January of 2008 as the Director of Civil Rights in the Northwest Mountain Region, She is now the Civil Rights Director for the Western and Central Service Areas. She and her staff provide Training, Consultations, EEO Pre-Complaint Support, Climate Assessments, Conflict Coaching, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services and Outreach among other services for 35 states and 7 time zones.

Kelly volunteers as an Advisory Council member for her local Community Center, the Seattle Federal Executive Board’s Dispute Resolution Advisory Council and the Tokeland- North Cove Chamber of Commerce. Her hobbies are riding her motorcycle – a Ducati Multistrada 1260, cooking, gardening, knitting and laughing with her daughters who have graduated from the University of Washington and Washington State University.