Maria Kelly serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Children’s Resource Exchange (CRE), advancing the platform’s strategic growth, capital alignment and cross-sector partnerships. Working closely with leadership, the CRE Architect and the platform’s technical development lead, she helps translate the architectural vision into investable pathways and measurable impact.

 As Founder and Principal of Ask MK, a healthcare consulting practice specializing in quality improvement, practice transformation and systems optimization, she has supported mission-driven organizations in aligning strategy, operations and sustainable capital for long-term growth.
Maria earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from New York University, where her academic work sparked a lifelong commitment to understanding the social and cultural factors that shape healthcare and the systems that serve vulnerable children and families. She brings this lens — and her enthusiasm for collaboration — to her leadership and to her work with the Grace Children’s Foundation.