Kelly Cutler

Kelly joined New Profit in 2012 and serves as Lead Deal Partner on the Portfolio Team. In that role, she leads a team of Deal Partners who foster learning partnerships with social entrepreneurs in our Build, Catalyze, and Transform portfolios. Previously, Kelly led New Profit’s Economic Mobility Catalyze Cohort work, the investment selection function, the Innovation Fund, and our first Women’s Accelerator program. Kelly has worked closely with several of New Profit’s portfolio organizations, including The Learning Accelerator and Springboard Collaborative, and currently serves on the boards of America on Tech and AVANCE.

Kelly has focused her career on work that has the potential to transform the lives of young people, families, and communities. She began her career with business operations and fundraising at Teen Voices, an entrepreneurial nonprofit focused on amplifying the voices of teen girls and creating social change through media. She then served on the Executive Team at Families First Parenting Programs, an early childhood nonprofit organization focused on bringing parents of young children together in their communities to strengthen their parenting knowledge, skills, and support systems. Prior to joining New Profit, Kelly was working as a Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis to help business leaders achieve practical results with real impact.

Kelly has a BA in English from Boston University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.