Author: Kelly K. Sims

Kelley K. Sims serves as Chief Development Officer for Feeding Tampa Bay. Her responsibilities encompass corporate, foundation and individual philanthropy; marketing and branding; and volunteer relations, organizational events and donor communications. Feeding Tampa Bay serves over 1 million people, having provided 85 million meals in 2020 alone within its 10-county region.Kelley has over 35 years of experience with educational, social and health service nonprofit organizations. She serves on the Tampa Advisory Board and is active with Leadership Tampa Alumni, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Women’s C-Suite of Tampa Bay. She also served on committees for the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. She was recently inducted into the Florida chapter of KNOW leaders and was selected as a Gold Winner for Fundraising Excellence, a Business Woman Leader Extraordinaire, received an ADDY Award and a Telly Award.Kelley and her husband, Earl, live in Carrollwood and enjoy having their three grown children, Korey, Kyle and Kambria — and grandchildren Carson and Carolina — nearby.

Feeding Tampa Bay is Building a Future Without Hunger: Can you imagine that?

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Of all the powerful things in this world, few move me more than a child’s imagination. From play-fighting dragons in the backyard to building a Lego empire, kids have a way of seeing life with wonder. They can be anything they want to be, building a whole world within their imagination. Every child should have…