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Kelly is an Ohio native with a passion for revitalizing rural and urban farm communities in the heartland. She has over 12 years of experience in community leadership in the Midwest and Southwest where she worked within various contexts of the food system, including: natural resource conservation, regional food system needs assessments, farmer educational program development, and stress management and mental health. Kelly has served as a co-director of a USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA). Currently, she is a Program Specialist for Ohio State University providing project management to county-level efforts aimed at addressing the opioid crisis through evidence-based resiliency programs. She also continues to serve as a Farmland Specialist for OEFFA providing technical assistance to farmers around land access and land transfer issues.