Kelly Jin
(she/her)
Vice President for Community & National Initiatives, Knight Foundation

Kelly Jin is Vice President for Community and National Initiatives at the Knight Foundation, where she leads a team of 20 in eight offices across the country, a $150M active grant portfolio, and $30M in annual grant-making. The Community and National Initiatives team invests in the future of more engaged and informed 26 Knight cities, with investment strategies including downtown and neighborhood revitalization, smart cities, public spaces, and economic opportunity.

Kelly speaks nationally on using data and technology to responsibly improve governments and organizations. Her teams and projects have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Wired, City & State, and Governing. Kelly holds a degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a trustee of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.

Keynote Speaker & Panelist: The Underline, Technology, and a New Approach to Public Spaces