About Kelly

Kelly Ryan is a Fellow with the FB Heron Foundation working to advance Heron’s mission of helping people and communities help themselves.  For nearly 20 years, she was CEO of Incourage – an organization that is nationally recognized as an innovative place-based philanthropy – in realizing its simple yet bold vision of a community that works well for all people. To advance an inclusive and sustainable economy in its rural central Wisconsin home, Incourage developed a holistic approach that is values-led and user-centered. As CEO, Kelly led Incourage in its commitment to align all forms of capital with organizational values and mission congruence, placing primary value on human potential.