Kelly Minas is the Executive Director for Center Evaluation and Funded Programs at the Center for Congregations, a nonprofit that helps congregations find and use the best resources to address their challenges and opportunities. Kelly also serves as the Director for the Young Adult Initiative Coordination Program, a project that brings together a learning community of organizations that are invested in the question of how congregations can do ministry well with young adults.

Kelly received an undergraduate degree in American culture from Vassar College, where she was active in interfaith work on campus, and a master’s degree in contemporary sociology from the University of Leicester in England.