Kelly FITZSIMMONS

Kelly Fitzsimmons is the Founder & CEO of Project Evident, a nonprofit that harnesses the power of evidence for greater impact. 

Kelly founded Project Evident in 2017 to make data and evidence work in favor of practitioners and those they serve. 

A frequent speaker and writer, Kelly recently co-edited Next Generation Evidence: Strategies for More Equitable Social Impact (Brookings Institution Press) and co-authored “Inspiring Action: Identifying the Social Sector AI Opportunity Gap.”

Prior to Project Evident, Kelly served as Chief Program and Strategy Officer at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and co-founded Leadwell Partners and New Profit Inc. 

Kelly is a Leap Community Ambassador and a member of Results for America’s Invest in What Works Federal Standard of Excellence Advisory Committee and EDSAFE AI Alliance’s Steering Committee. 

A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Kelly holds an MBA from Boston University.