Kelly Wolfe is a member of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Governmental Relations team. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a leadership assistant for Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Dean E. Johnson and as the committee administrator for the Senate Elections Committee. Kelly has broad experience in health care, transportation, education, commerce and economic development.

Kelly also gained valuable experience in public policy research, advocacy training and education, and lobbying while serving as a public policy assistant for the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting.

She received her Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, where she focused on social policy issues including educational policy, public health issues, poverty analysis and state and local government.

Kelly is not a licensed attorney.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Former teacher, Teach for America
• Mentor, Humphrey Institute Alumni Mentor Program
• Member, Executive Committee Board, Roseville Area School Foundation
• Member, Citizens League
• Member, League of Women Voters

Education

• M.P.P., Public Policy, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2004
• B.A., English, University of Alabama, 1999