Advisory Board of Governors
Colleen M. Kelley
President, National Treasury Employees Union
Colleen M. Kelley is the leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), the nation’s largest independent federal sector union. As the union’s top elected official, she is at the forefront of NTEU’s efforts to achieve the dignity and respect federal employees deserve. As spokesperson for the union, Ms. Kelley represents NTEU with the agencies, in the media, and testifies before Congress on issues of importance to NTEU members and federal employees.
Ms. Kelley serves on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Senior Leadership Council. Ms. Kelley is a member of the Federal Salary Council, the Employee Thrift Advisory Council of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, and the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) Board of Directors.
Ms. Kelley served as a member of the Commercial Activities Panel, a special panel created by Congress to study and make recommendations regarding the practices and policies of contracting out federal programs and services to the private sector. She also served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Senior Review Committee (SRC), which debated a new human resources system for DHS employees to be designed by DHS.
A NTEU member since 1974, Ms. Kelley was an IRS Revenue Agent for 14 years. She served in various NTEU chapter leadership positions, including chapter president of NTEU Chapter 34 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A Pittsburgh native, Kelley joined the IRS upon graduation from Drexel University, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She also earned a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
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