Kelly Hoffman is the Vice President of Data and Operations at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC). She is responsible for providing strategic leadership and guidance as related to organizational operations and is responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of effective processes to support PPC’s strategic plan. In addition, Kelly is directly responsible for leading high-quality data collection, analyses and reporting. Along with PPC’s Data Director, she collects and analyzes data detailing the conditions of Pennsylvania’s children in PPC’s areas of policy emphasis. The information this team provides is used to develop and review policy proposals and regularly produce detailed reports on their findings and conclusions.
In addition, Kelly handles regular requests for information and technical assistance from a broad array of constituencies, including policymakers. She chairs the research committee for the Pre-K for PA and Start Strong PA Campaigns and assumes data responsibilities for Early Learning PA, including Childhood Begins at Home. She also serves on the United for ALICE® Pennsylvania Research Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Committee on Children.
Prior to this role, Kelly was the KIDS COUNT Director for PPC, serving as the Pennsylvania liaison to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s national KIDS COUNT® project, which seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children and raise the visibility of children’s issues through a nonpartisan, evidence-based lens.
Before joining PPC in July 2012, Kelly was the Planning Director at the Commonwealth’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning where she gained more than 11 years of experience working with early childhood education data and systems.
Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Millersville University. She lives in Mechanicsburg with her husband, two daughters and son.