Kara Kelly Vice President, Lominger Commercial Markets Leadership and Talent Consulting Chicago and Minneapolis
Ms. Kelly brings over 20 years of experience in banking, retail and consulting to her role. In her current position, Ms. Kelly manages the global strategy and delivery for the Korn/ Ferry – powered by Lominger – retail business. She is also a key member of the leadership team that is driving the Firm’s integrated go-to market strategy and solutions offerings.
In her prior role as a senior manager with Accenture, Ms. Kelly led a global team to develop and deliver strategy offerings. There, she also led several strategy development and implementation projects for large global retail clients that resulted in significant value creation. Previously, Ms. Kelly was a retail analyst with J. Crew where she performed marketing and strategic analysis. She also spent several years with Citibank as a management associate in the global consumer banking.
Ms. Kelly is on the host committee and a member of the Step it Up Women’s Network and Mentoring Program, and a member of the National Black MBA, the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management and INROADS.
Ms. Kelly earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business and a bachelor of arts degree in both international relations and economics from Brown University, including a year of study at the London School of Economics.
