Kathryn Kelly

Director, Grants & Proposals

Kathryn Kelly is the Director of Grants & Proposals at the Oglebay Foundation, having joined the Foundation in 2018 after serving as Director of Development at Oglebay Institute. Prior to that, Kathryn spent 10 years at Wheeling Jesuit University, where she was Managing Editor of NASA’s  Technology Innovation magazine, then raised the funds to build the university’s facility honoring her high school alma mater – Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy – and oversaw its construction. Before returning to the Ohio Valley in 2004, Kathryn was Associate Editor of Carnegie Magazine and conducted national media relations for UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, promoting medical research. She is a graduate of Bethany College.