Leadership

As an employee-owned company, Kelly, Anderson is dedicated to providing the finest services available to our customers. To guide the operations of our company, we have a Board of Directors, ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan Company) Trustees, and a Management Committee. Each of these groups work together to ensure that the strategic and day-to-day operations of the firm are closely aligned.

Jim Kelly – President and Chairman of the Board

Jim leads a highly professional team of associates dedicated to delivering value-added strategic management services to help our clients grow government business and diversify government products into commercial markets. He focuses the company’s tremendous experience base and network of government expertise to assist clients in identifying new business opportunities and in winning new government work. He has over 30 years of broad engineering, program and general management as well as marketing experience in both the private and public sectors.

Jim has held three senior management assignments in key positions including Deputy Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget, Director of Administrative and Management Policy at the Department of the Interior, and Program Manager at the Department of Labor.

E-mail: jkelly@kellyanderson.com

Dennis Fischer – Outside Board Member

Dennis has served in numerous government-wide and corporate management roles. He served on the Government Information Technology Services Board and was elected as the first secretary/treasurer of the Federal CFO Council. He was named to the General Accounting Office Governmental Auditing Standards Advisory Council. Twice, he was the representative for all departments on the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) Steering Committee. He also represented all civilian agencies on the Cost Accounting Standards Board.

Dennis served as the Commissioner of the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Federal Technology Service, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of GSA and the deputy CFO of the Department of Health and Human Services.

E-mail: fischer.dennis@cox.net

Howard Messner – Outside Board Member

Howard is former President of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). In this capacity, he served as the organization’s chief executive officer, responsible for the effective management of the Academy’s work programs, finances and staff. Howard is also a member of the Academy Board of Directors and is its Treasurer.

As a career executive, Howard served in a senior capacity in helping to establish the Environmental Protection Agency. He also served as Assistant Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President.

E-mail to: messnermeador@msn.com

Nancy Kelly – Vice President

Nancy possesses extensive experience in policy formulation with specialties in health, energy, and international development. At Kelly, Anderson, she manages the Energy Business Unit, leading a team of experts supporting clients bidding on a wide-range of Department of Energy procurements. She served for four years as the Counselor to the Secretary of Energy.

Nancy served on the staff of two Presidential Commissions: the President's Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic and the Quadrennial Commission.

E-mail: nkelly@kellyanderson.com

Tony Poole – Vice President

Tony specializes in providing marketing, management and public policy counsel to a diverse client industry base. With a concentration on building new product and service markets in the public and private sectors, he assists clients in formulating and implementing strategic plans to capture new business opportunities in the Federal and State government sectors.

Working with both client management and technical personnel, Tony also provides counsel on government policies and priorities affecting existing and future requirements. He has been instrumental in the formulation of strategies for the development, introduction, and subsequent implementation of sophisticated anti-counterfeit security devices/documents for major agencies of the United States Government, most notably the Department of the Treasury.

E-mail: tpoole@kellyanderson.com

Stewart Remer – Principal, Human Resources Services

Stew directs and manages human resources consulting activities related to planning, budgeting, and evaluation projects for Federal agencies, including the development and management of related work plans, budgets, and strategic planning. He provides support for HR information technology, performance measurement, policy and research analysis, workforce planning analysis, benchmarking, surveys, business process reengineering, and organizational assessment.

As part of a 34-year Federal career within seven Federal agencies, Stew has served in a senior executive capacity as the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and Human Resources Director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and as Human Resources Director for the Bureau of the Census.

E-mail: sremer@kellyanderson.com

Steve Michelsen – Procurement, Assistance and Property Management Services

Steve brings to Kelly, Anderson over 28 years of senior level contract and resource management experience with the Department of Energy (DOE). He is a leader in Federal procurement, property asset management and DOE contractor pension and benefit policy.

Providing expert knowledge of contract and resource management, Steve manages a business line which provides comprehensive services spanning the full range of government and commercial business support from strategic positioning and marketing to proposal development, contract negotiations, and ongoing contract and property asset management support.

As a Level III Certified Contracting Officer and a Certified Professional Property Manager, he served as the Director, Office of Contract and Resource Management, Office of Procurement and Assistance Management, DOE.

E-mail: smichelsen@kellyanderson.com

Gran Paules – Principal, Aerospace Services

Gran brings to Kelly, Anderson over 30 years of senior level engineering management experience in the Federal government, predominantly with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Providing expert knowledge of NASA-related scientific endeavors, advanced technology development, and systems engineering practices, he manages a business line which provides comprehensive services spanning the full range of government and commercial business support from strategic positioning and marketing to proposal development, contract negotiations, and ongoing contract management support.

E-mail: gpaules@kellyanderson.com

Mike Staley – Principal, Government Services

Mike brings to Kelly Anderson senior-level expertise in auditing and inspecting health care activities, financial, acquisition, and property management functions, benefit programs, and other internal control processes gained during his outstanding career as an auditor, inspector, and management analyst. Mike is a Certified Government Financial Manager, and his background with the Department of Veterans Affairs and in the Office of Inspector General community makes him an invaluable component of our government business.

Mike served as the Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In these roles, he directed and supervised auditors, management analysts, and healthcare inspectors in overseeing the healthcare activities and benefit programs administered by the Department's 235,000 employees.

E-mail: mstaley@kellyanderson.com

Bill Kost – Principal, Federal Supply

Bill brings to Kelly, Anderson 30 years of experience supporting private industry in pursuit of Federal, state and local government contracts. He served as Director of Government Operations and Director of Federal Government Sales for Olivetti Corporation of America and Savin Corporation.

In these positions, Bill organized the merger of government sales and contract operations for six divisions into one central organization. As a result, his efforts increased corporate contracts by 300%. Additionally, he was responsible for international government relations between Olivetti World Headquarters and the U.S. Government.

E-mail: bkost@kellyanderson.com

Tom O’Malley – Chief Procurement Advisor

Tom brings to Kelly, Anderson over 30 years of Federal procurement experience with the Department of the Treasury, the IRS and the U.S. Air Force. His expertise in the acquisition process for high-technology products and services has been an instrumental component of many winning bids and proposals for Kelly, Anderson clients.

Tom served as Director of the Management Programs Directorate for the Department of Treasury, as the interface between Office Directors and the political appointee level of Treasury management. He was the primary senior executive responsible for policy development and program oversight in a broad spectrum of fields, including: procurement and contracting management, small and disadvantaged business advocacy, real property and personal property management, environmental programs, historic preservation, travel policy, payroll processing, and Secretarial directives and orders management.

E-mail: tomalley@kellyanderson.com

Michelle Salta – Principal Associate

Michelle brings nearly 10 years of experience in the State and Federal government market. She provides full spectrum business development support to clients seeking to do business with a broad range of governmental entities. She assists clients in understanding the Federal marketplace, pursuing business opportunities, and winning Federal contracts.

Michelle guides business development and research teams in achieving established goals and performance targets. At Kelly, Anderson, she is the point-of-contact for all research- related work. In parallel, Michelle works with clients to develop competitive strategic plans for a broad range of private and public organizations. She also provides strategic and management development support, including outline development, comparative and analytical studies of industry, technical write-ups, and historical research.

E-mail: msalta@kellyanderson.com