Kelly Kirschner – Advisory Board

Kelly Kirschner is the Dean of Executive and Continuing Education at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. Raised in Sarasota, Kirschner is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, receiving his BS in Environmental Issues in International Politics and MA in Latin American Studies. At Georgetown, Kirschner worked as the Head Manager for the men’s basketball team and interned three years in the West Wing of the Clinton White House.
Kirschner was a US Peace Corps volunteer in rural Guatemala and later led a USAID Mayan-community conservation project in the same region of Guatemala. He is fluent in Spanish and speaks some Mayan Q’eqchi.
Kirschner recently completed four years as the youngest City Commissioner ever elected in Sarasota, including serving two years as Vice-Mayor and one as Mayor.
Prior to joining Eckerd, Kirschner was the director of the SW Florida non-profit, UnidosNow.org. He currently is Board Chairman with UnidosNow.