David Kelly is a member of the Company’s Executive Management Team and a seasoned benefit services professional. His rare balance of strategic insight, operational expertise and sales/marketing savvy has allowed him to become a driving force behind the successful growth of Kelly & Associates Insurance Group.
Currently, David is operating executive, in charge of the Company’s integrated payroll & workers’ compensation services business, as well as sales and marketing, within Kelly Benefit Strategies. In addition to these responsibilities, David directs the business acquisition and facility management activities of the Company.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, David attended the University of North Carolina, where he played on the 1986 NCAA National Championship lacrosse team. He lettered all four years in lacrosse for the Tar Heels and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
David obtained his health and life insurance license in 1984. While attending college, he worked in the summers as a sales representative for KELLY. Upon graduating in 1989, David joined Kelly & Associates Insurance Group full- time, with the responsibility of growing the firm’s property and casualty insurance agency. In 1991, the agency was sold, to allow Kelly & Associates Insurance Group to focus on becoming a premier benefits broker/administrator. To ensure the smooth transition of the agency, David was named President of the new Corporation, Kelly-Murray Insurance Group, with offices in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Upon returning to Kelly & Associates Insurance Group in 1994, David assumed responsibility for sales and marketing, within Kelly Benefit Strategies. As a widely respected benefit professional, David has provided guidance to both privately and publicly held companies, including Fortune 500 companies. He has a proven track record of developing innovative benefit solutions, as well as identifying opportunities for cost reduction within benefit programs.
David is active in community affairs. He serves on the Board of the Dyslexia Tutoring Program, which helps children from lower-income families to overcome their reading difficulties.
Additionally, David helped to establish and is also a Board member of the Troy Vance Foundation, which presents a scholarship each year to a graduating senior at Loyola High School. David and his wife, Melissa, have four children, David Jr., Patrick, Timothy and Caroline. David spends much of his leisure time coaching his children in soccer, basketball and lacrosse. The family lives in Timonium, Maryland.