As the associate manager, public sector, Kelsey coordinates ITI's policy and advocacy work around federal procurement, cyber acquisition, and cybersecurity issues and manages ITI's outreach to senior acquisition officials in the executive branch. She comes to ITI from Common Sense Media, where she worked on technology and telecommunications policy issues more broadly. Before, she served in various roles at advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C.

Kelsey graduated with honors from Denison University with a B.A. in Political Science and spent a semester studying at l'Université Paris-Sorbonne.