Kelley began her HR career in 1990 and has experience working in a variety of industries and organizations. Her career has been focused primarily on employee relations, compliance, leaves of absence, disability, and organizational metrics. Kelley has an MBA and holds the designations of Senior Professional in Human Resources - California, and Senior Certified Professional. During her career, Kelley has taught the 12-week Professional in Human Resources and the Senior Professional in Human Resources certification course for the Human Resources Certification Institute’s certification test hosted by the Society of Human Resource Management’s San Diego chapter, served as an item writer and reviewer for the HRCI certification test content, and has served on two not-for-profit boards.