Prior to joining Vistria, Kelly earned a dual MBA and Master of Public Policy degree from The University of Chicago. While there, Kelly was a research fellow at the UChicago Medicine Emergency Department, as well as an impact-focused real estate developer in North Philadelphia.
Before graduate school, Kelly led the Life Sciences Valuations and Portfolio Management team at Blackstone after initially joining the firm’s Tactical Opportunities business. Kelly began her career at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a financial analyst rotational program, and subsequently supported the Fixed Income derivatives trading desk at Goldman Sachs.
Kelly graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Finance and originally hails from Upstate New York.
