Kelly Motley has advanced her clients’ business objectives through the creation of strategic programs that have influenced employee and public opinion, promoted regulatory and legislative initiatives, built reputations and managed issues. She has provided strategic communications, public relations and government affairs consulting support and services to multi-million dollar corporate initiatives, national organizations and businesses. Kelly has directed tactical initiatives for a wide range of industries, such as travel and tourism and utility services. This involved working with business leaders, the media, policy leaders and government officials. She represented clients’ business interests on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures as well as worked domestically and internationally. Through building first-ever grassroots programs for organizations, Kelly helped shape policy for clients at the local, state and federal level.

As director of international marketing and government relations for a national travel and tourism organization, she represented the business interests of 600 tour operators, 2,300 hotels and major attractions, and 800 destination marketing organizations. In this role, she significantly expanded the international marketing and government affairs programs, negotiated first-ever multimillion-dollar partnerships with airlines and cruise lines and directed and oversaw a campaign to secure the largest delegation to White House Conference on Travel and Tourism. As a business owner, she represented the legislative and public relations needs of 1,100 realtors in 11 counties in Kentucky and provided other communications and business development services to clients including the University of Kentucky and the University of Iowa. Most recently, she managed internal and external communications for numerous multi-million dollar corporate initiatives. In this role, she introduced and applied change management services to company-wide projects to help reduce risks and achieve business objectives.