Marie Kelly is the director of corporate, foundation and donor relations at Stonehill College, where she identifies potential corporate and foundation funders to support institutional priorities and assists college leadership in the cultivation of relationships with corporate and foundation donors. Her grantseeking efforts are informed by Stonehill’s strategic and long-range plans. She works closely with Stonehill faculty, staff and program directors to prepare grant applications, proposals and letters of inquiry. She also coordinates the stewardship reporting process for the College’s major donors – preparing timely and accurate reports to donors on the use and impact of their philanthropic gifts.

Kelly graduated from Stonehill College in 2000 with degrees in psychology and English and began a career in development at Boston Children's Hospital Trust, the philanthropic resource for Boston Children's Hospital. Her first role at Boston Children’s was as a development associate for corporate and foundation relations, were she assisted the director of corporate and foundation relations with proposal submissions, stewardship reports and resolicitations. She then shifted to the donor relations department at the Trust, where she served as a stewardship officer—developing and overseeing appropriate written stewardship for the hospital's top donors.

After almost seven years at Boston Children's Hospital Trust, Kelly returned to Stonehill College in January 2007 to assume her current position.