Learn to Earn Dayton Welcomes Managing Director

We are thrilled to welcome back Kelly Geers to the Learn to Earn Dayton team as our new Managing Director! Kelly brings a wealth of experience to this work and will lead the internal management and operational excellence of the organization in support of our mission, working in deep partnership with the CEO.

Kelly most recently held the position of Director of Client & Community Relations at the Montgomery County ESC. Her extensive career includes serving as the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Montgomery County, Ohio, where she planned and supported the implementation of long-range goals with a focus on strengthening collaboration and advancing results-based stewardship of resources. This transition marks a true homecoming, as Kelly previously served as the Director of Workforce and Community Development for Learn to Earn Dayton and MCESC, where she led the creation and implementation of the Montgomery County ESC Business Advisory Council. Her professional background also includes leadership roles as the District Director for Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Director of Government Programs at the Dayton Development Coalition.

Kelly is a University of Dayton graduate, earning both a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration. She completed the Emerging Leaders Program at the Center for Leadership and Executive Development at UD, is a member of the Leadership Dayton class of 2015, and is a recent 2025 Empower Cohort graduate. She has been named one of the Dayton Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 and a Women in Business Networking 25 Women to Watch.

Kelly is deeply involved in the community, currently serving on the Board of Trustees for the Dayton Metro Library and Miami Valley Child Development Centers, the local Head Start provider. She is a sustaining member and past-president of the Junior League of Dayton and has been instrumental in the Dayton Sister City Committee, where she currently co-chairs the Rushmoor, England Committee.

Please join us in extending a warm welcome back to Kelly!