Career
As mentioned previously,Kelly enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1977 and attended Officer Candidate School,graduating in 1990. He has since been promoted to rear admiral. [8] Kelly was also a Maryland State Trooper for the Maryland State Police from 1984 until 1989.
Kelly worked as a commercial lending and troubled-loan restructuring officer from 1989 until 1994. He was a small business owner from 1995 until 1997. In 2001,Kelly was hired as senior advisor to Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Kelly received numerous awards during his career. He is a member of the Reserve Officers Association and the Maryland Troopers Association. He was a recipient of the Award for Duty Beyond the Call of Duty as Maryland State Trooper,which he received in 1985. He also received the award for Outstanding Junior Officer from the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in 1994. He holds a Certificate of Achievement from the Maryland Federation of College Republicans in 1995. In 1996,he was selected as Legislator of the Year by the Alliance for the Mentally Ill . Additionally,he was selected as Outstanding Junior Officer in entire Fifth District from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1997. Also in 1997,Kelly received the Certificate of Achievement from the Maryland Association of Psychiatric Support Services.
In 2001,as mentioned previously,Kelly was tapped by President Bush to work for the White House. Kelly was responsible for briefing the President on state,local,and tribal issues throughout the United States.
In 2005,together with Ken Meyer,Duane Parde and Daniel J. Ostergaard,he opened a lobbying firm in DC. [7] [9]
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