Kelly Nelson
Sr. Manager of Marketing
[email protected]
703.707.6000 x105
Nelson brings to her position as IDSA’s senior manager of marketing more than 14 years of experience in the field. She previously served as chief marketing officer at the Capital Area Food Bank; vice president of marketing and communications at the American Society of Interior Designers; and director of marketing for the National Basketball Association’s Washington Wizards. In that position, she won five National Capital Region Emmy Awards for advertising campaigns.
Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology.
She makes the commute to IDSA’s headquarters in Virginia from Maryland, where she lives with her partner, Matt, and their beloved bulldog/Shar Pei mix, Lucy. Nelson loves to travel. She’s visited wineries on both US coasts and all over the world including those in Argentina, Chile, France and Italy.
