Understand it.
Organize it.
Communicate it.
Policy & Process Consultant
I help organizations examine policies, improve processes, and communicate complex information clearly. My focus is education, disability, and public health policy.
Through research, policy review, and practical tools, I help identify what’s missing, what creates barriers, and what needs to change so people can move forward.
How I can help
Research & Policy Review. Get a clearer understanding of the issue before deciding what to do. I research requirements, review records and existing policies, and identify gaps, inconsistencies, and potential barriers, then organize the findings into clear recommendations.
Policy reviews · Research briefs · Records analysis · Reports and recommendations
Process & Implementation. Build a practical path from recommendations to action. I help develop procedures, clarify responsibilities, and create tools that support consistent implementation, considering how the work gets done, who needs to be involved, and where problems may arise.
Process reviews · Procedures and handbooks · Implementation plans · Decision tools
Communications & Resources. Make complex information easier to understand and use. Whether the goal is to inform leadership, guide staff, or support families, I focus on clear language, useful structure, and actionable information.
Briefs and reports · Presentations · Toolkits and guides · Website and educational content
I’m not an attorney and don’t provide legal advice, and I don’t lobby. Families looking for support can visit Attendance Navigator.
My experience spans business operations, policy development, organizational support, and education advocacy.
Hi, I’m Kelli.
Earlier in my career, I developed purchasing policies and procedures for Macy’s. As a Six Sigma Black Belt, I learned to trace a process to the root cause of a problem. Today, I apply that same attention to evidence, clarity, and implementation to work involving education, disability, and public health.
I am completing my bachelor’s degree in public policy and serve on the Executive Board of Long Covid Families. My work includes researching school policies, organizing public records, developing recommendations, and creating resources for families and organizations.
Across these settings, I return to the same questions: Is the policy complete and current? Does it create barriers? Can people understand it? How does it work in practice?
FOCUS AREAS
Attendance and access
Understanding what keeps students from school and how attendance policies affect their access to learning. My focus includes students with disabilities and chronic illness whose needs may require flexible approaches to attendance and instruction.
Disability protections
Examining how disability protections translate into school decisions, accommodations, and services, including through IEPs and Section 504 plans. The focus is whether those supports reach students and address the barriers they face.
Education governance
Understanding how education decisions are made, what evidence informs them, and how schools follow through. I examine how policies are developed, communicated, and reviewed, and how students and families can meaningfully inform that work.
What does the policy require?
How does the system actually work?
What does that mean for the student?
I bring an operations mindset to education policy, tracing how rules, decisions, and processes shape students’ access to learning.
CURRENT WORK & INITIATIVES
FOUNDER
Attendance Navigator
A family-facing service offering guidance and resources for school attendance challenges related to chronic illness and disability.
FOUNDER & POLICY ANALYST
Ipswich Students First
A community initiative focused on thoughtful policy, effective systems, and student-centered outcomes. My work includes public-records research, policy review, and developing proposals to support informed local decisions.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Long Covid Families
I contribute to education policy and school-support work, including a school toolkit for children with Long COVID that considers the information and coordination families, schools, and clinicians need to support students.