Keely Brandon

Keely Brandon, a proud Kentucky native and global citizen, has spent the majority of her career in Japan, including stints in Tahara in Aichi Prefecture, Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture and Onna in Okinawa Prefecture. She enjoys challenges and thrives in environments that embrace openness and innovation. Keely is a visionary and creative problem-solver and systems thinker who can build from the ground up or optimize existing systems. After roughly two decades working full-time in mostly academic teaching and administration roles she is currently focused on more flexible project-based work, including advising startups and innovators. Although she has worked across many disciplines and business functions, her areas of particular expertise relate to environmental and geological sciences, sustainability, innovation and education as well as administrative and program operations.  She is a foodie who enjoys international travel, adventures, time in nature and pretty much any activity done with her family and friends. Always happy to make new connections and help like-minded people and organizations advance their pro-social initiatives.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/keelybrandon/