Kathleen A. Kelly, MPA, serves as the Executive Director of the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), a national nonprofit dedicated to providing support and services to unpaid family caregivers of adults with cognitive impairments and chronic health conditions. In her role, she oversees the regional San Francisco Bay Area Caregiver Resource Center, which delivers direct caregiver services. Additionally, she leads strategic initiatives on digital engagement and technology platforms, policy collaborations, and research.
Ms. Kelly has been instrumental in the development of CareNav™, a secure caregiver service platform designed to offer personalized information, training, care plans, and service authorizations. CareNav™ also includes features for assessment and service utilization data, facilitating evaluation and reporting processes. In 2019, she spearheaded a statewide digital expansion effort funded by a $30 million budget augmentation, which successfully scaled CareNav™ and other technologies throughout California’s Caregiver Resource Center system. She participates in various state and national advisory boards and has extensively written and lectured on topics related to family caregiving, public policy, consumer technologies, and program development. For more information or to contact Ms. Kelly, you can reach her at kkelly@caregiver.org. Additional details about her work and the FCA can be found on the Family Caregiver Alliance website