Kelly Maurice

Kelly Maurice is a global private and non-profit sector executive who implements programs for sustainable systemic change, mobilizing stakeholders who are committed to catalyzing private sector investments for public sector initiatives.

Kelly served as Executive Director of the US-based NGO Educando, where she developed Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the US, Mexico, and Brazil, and managed operational offices in New York City, Mexico City, and São Paulo. Educando works to transform Latin American youth education by delivering world-class training and ongoing support to educators from underserved public schools in Latin America, creating systemic change in education while equipping young people for improved professional opportunities.

During her leadership, Kelly managed governance, fundraising, finance, and the development of its three programs, all compliant with their respective country regulations. She directed a team of up to 50 collaborators in those countries to provide groundbreaking expansion and delivery of practical continuing education programs for public schools. She led the operational execution of the educator training programs that up-skilled teachers in K-12 Science, Technology, Education, and Math (STEM) skills and advanced school principals and coordinators in Educational Leadership and Coaching.

Kelly led the organization to obtain exponential institutional growth, increasing the funding and programs from startup to scale, impacting 12,000 schools, 16,000 educators, and 6.4 million students. This she accomplished by negotiating program-based partnerships with state governments, nonprofits, foundations, individual donors, and corporations with which she garnered multi-year relations, which included Shell, GE, Bloomberg, Moody's, Boeing, Embraer, Credit Suisse, and JPMorgan, among others.

In addition to the global reach of her extensive work in the nonprofit sector, Kelly has worked in the corporate financial sector with Chase, Bank of Boston, and Royal Bank of Canada, where her business responsibilities included team building, strategic planning to execution, project management, new business development, customer relationship management (CRM), and international relations.

April 2010 - May 2022

Executive Director 

WORLD EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT FUND (EDUCANDO) New York, São Paulo, Mexico City

• Scaled continuing education programs to benefit 12,000 schools, 16,000 educators and 6.4 million students. 
• Cultivated strategic partnerships with state governments, foundations, and corporate and individual donors. 
• Secured multi-year corporate investments with Shell, GE, Bloomberg, Moody's, Boeing, Embraer, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, etc. 
• Managed a cross-functional team of 50 collaborators from the US, Mexico, and Brazil. 
• Led training programs in Mexico and Brazil, up skilling K-12 teachers in STEM and empowering school leaders. 

January 1997 - November 2008

Head of Corporate and Institutional, Private Client Financial Consultant

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, São Paulo, SP

• Established the Corporate and Institutional department within

  International Wealth Management, offering offshore services to alliance partners such as family offices, boutique advisory firms, and asset management institutions.

• Developed new business offerings including Offshore Fund Services,

  Fiduciary Services, International Estate and Succession Planning.

• Consistently a Top Global Sales Producer.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Founder, MERIDIAN VAT RECLAIM BRAZIL, São Paulo, SP
• Vice President, CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, São Paulo, SP
• Vice President, BANK OF BOSTON INTERNATIONAL, SP & NY
• Management Training, MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST, NY

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Arts (Double Major)

Philosophy & Studies of Religion