Kelly Terry-Sepulveda, Executive Managing Director, The POINT CDC

A native daughter of the Bronx, Kellie was born and raised in Highbridge where she first discovered the power of community organizing. At age 11, Kellie joined the Take Charge be Somebody youth group and learned the foundation of civic engagement from experienced mentors, including her parents, as well as youth leaders from the community. She later received the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship to attend Holy Cross College. In 2000, Kellie graduated Cum Lade, as a member of the National Jesuit Honors Society and the National Political Science Honor Society. During her time at Holy Cross, she authored a thesis entitled “Flipping the Script on the Dominant Discourse: Hip Hop as a Subversive form of Political Discourse.”  Upon graduation, Kellie served as a student representative on the Board of Trustees. Committed to social service within the urban context, Kellie served two years with Teach for America as an eighth grade Language Arts teacher in Jersey City New Jersey.

Following a strong desire to serve young people from her own community, Kellie returned to the Bronx and found her way to THE POINT CDC, where she served as The Youth Program Coordinator. She worked with a talented team to implement an arts and educationally based youth development program for Hunts Point children.  Currently, Kellie is the Executive Managing Director of THE POINT CDC, where she oversees program development, fundraising, environmental justice campaigns and community development projects under the direction of the agency’s President and co-founder Maria Torres. Since her tenor as Executive Managing Director, Kellie has completed an Executive Leadership Development course with Colombia University’s Institute for Non-Profit Management.