Kelly Dolan brings over twenty years of experience in fundraising, marketing, event planning and non-profit management to her position as Executive Director of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Atlanta Affiliate.  Komen Atlanta is the largest breast cancer organization in the state and has annual revenue of $4 million.  The organization provides breast cancer screening, treatment and education programs for the local community and funds national cutting edge research to find a cure.

A native of Chicago, Kelly began her career at Leo Burnett, the world’s largest advertising agency, where she worked on the Seven-Up account.  After relocating to Atlanta, she worked at Macy’s South where she developed a segmented marketing program for their tourist markets.  She then headed the public relations department for Atlanta-based Wemmers Communications where she worked with healthcare and hospitality clients.  She then joined Egleston Children’s Health Care System where she became the head of marketing and created and oversaw the System’s first integrated marketing plan.  She was also part of the executive team that oversaw the merger between Egleston and Scottish Rite as they combined and became Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Kelly continued her career in non-profit management as President of the Atlanta Downtown Partnership and then Vice-President of Marketing for Central Atlanta Progress where she created marketing programs for downtown Atlanta.  Prior to joining the Komen Foundation, she was President of Kelly Dolan Communications, a firm that specialized in providing strategic communications planning, media relations and special event planning for healthcare and non-profit clients.  

Kelly was named by Atlanta Woman Magazine as one of the 2009 WOW Women of Atlanta.  She is a four-time Public Relations Society of Georgia award winner including her receipt of the prestigious Phoenix Award for overall excellence in public relations.  She has also been honored by the Georgia Society of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations with a Best of Show award.

An active community volunteer, Kelly is a member of the Friends of Brookhaven Park, a community group that is actively engaged in revitalizing the park and its surrounding area.  She is a ten-year member of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau Cultural Tourism Committee that supports local Atlanta arts organizations.  She is a member of the Cancer Survivor Leadership Coalition of Georgia and has served as a volunteer grant reader for the Georgia Cancer Coalition.  She is also a member of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Auxiliary, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Georgia Center for Non-Profits CEO Central.