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Kevin F. Kelly

Vice President

Kevin F. Kelly serves as Vice President at Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. and is the Chief Operating Officer of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC.  Mr. Kelly came to VSA after a dozen years of Capitol Hill experience in various senior positions in the House and Senate. 

At VSA, Mr. Kelly specializes in budget, appropriations, and legislative issues for a range of high technology and Fortune 500 companies, institutions of higher education, governmental entities, and national trade associations.  Mr. Kelly’s practice includes efforts to obtain annual funding for programs and projects, as well as providing Executive Branch liaison on policy and budgetary matters. 

In addition, Mr. Kelly offers corporations and non-profit entities strategic advice and counsel on the capture and expansion of technology-based government contracts. 

In January 2010, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed Mr. Kelly as the first Chairman of the State’s newly created Federal Facilities Advisory Board to support and enhance the role of the State of Maryland in support of infrastructure, education, and workforce needs at Maryland’s Federal facilities and to facilitate commercialization of the innovative technology created in Federal and military labs in the State.

Mr. Kelly’s practice includes assisting universities and colleges in the development of creative solutions to secure additional research funds from Federal agencies and programs.

In his prior government service, Mr. Kelly served for eight years with the Senate Appropriations Committee.  Six of those years included service as the Chief Clerk and Majority Staff Director for the Veterans Administration, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee, the Committee’s second largest subcommittee, with a $90-billion portfolio in 25 Federal Cabinet departments and agencies. 

Serving in this role, Mr. Kelly was the principal advisor and counsel to the Subcommittee Chair and Members on all major budget and policy issues affecting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans’ Affairs.
 
The other two years of Appropriations Committee service involved his role as Appropriations Counsel and Legislative Assistant for Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland.  In this capacity, Mr. Kelly managed Sen. Mikulski’s appropriations initiatives for 12 of the Committee’s 13 Subcommittees, including Transportation, Defense, Commerce-State-Justice, Treasury-Postal Service and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

Most recently, Mr. Kelly served the Senate Leadership as Chief Counsel and Floor Assistant to the Secretary of the Democratic Conference, Sen. Mikulski.  In this role, Mr. Kelly served as a senior advisor to the Senate Democratic Leadership on broad policy matters, including budget and appropriations strategy, regulatory reform, and welfare reform.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Kelly served as a professional staff member on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, where he served as a Subcommittee Counsel on maritime commerce, water resources, marine pollution, and regulation, and the Coast Guard.  He also handled various transportation issues related to the Oceanography Subcommittee Chair’s assignment on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Mr. Kelly holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Borromeo College of Ohio.  He has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, in Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is a member in good standing of the American Bar Association.