Laura Kelly

Senior Quality Advisor (Office of Quality Initiatives) 

Laura Kelly is Senior Quality Advisor in the Office of Quality Initiatives at Carleton University. She joined Carleton after spending 15 years working in the community health, public health, and child and youth mental health sectors. Kelly’s professional experience has centred on helping organizations strengthen planning, evaluation and continuous improvement practices to better support the communities they serve. 

Kelly is a creative facilitator who enjoys working with diverse teams to build capacity in strategic planning and implementation, evaluative thinking and continuous quality improvement. Her work emphasizes collaboration, learning and the development of practical approaches that enable organizations to assess progress and achieve meaningful outcomes.  

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa, a Master of Public Health from Simon Fraser University, and a Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation from Carleton University. Kelly is also a Credentialed Evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society and holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt designation. 

As part of the Towards Carleton@100 strategic visioning process, Kelly contributes expertise in evaluation, strategic planning and continuous improvement to support thoughtful reflection, learning and future-focused institutional development.