Maggie Kelley

• School of Public Policy

• B.S. PUBP 2018

Maggie Kelley is a Spring 2018 graduate of Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy with a concentration in Environmental and Energy Policy. She also earned minor certificates in Sustainable Cities and Leadership Studies in Policy through her Georgia Tech degree work. While at Tech, Maggie participated in Greek Life, New Student and Transition Programs through FASET and Wreck Camp, and the Gates Millennium Scholars campus organization.

Maggie currently works in downtown Atlanta at the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), where she works to connect emerging leaders in the energy and sustainability fields with SEEA’s work and programs. SEEA is an energy efficiency non-profit that works with policy makers and implementors, utilities, technologies, and communities to increase energy efficiency across the Southeast. Maggie works within all three Work Areas of energy efficiency- Policy, Built Environment, and Transportation- to develop programs for low-income populations, create models for local engagement for energy efficiency in the Southeast, and engage stakeholders in creating and establishing energy efficiency advocates across SEEA’s 11-state region.

Previously, Ms. Kelley interned for the City of Brookhaven through the Sustainable Connections Internship Program at the Atlanta Regional Commission, where she conducted a sustainability audit of Brookhaven’s energy and environmental sustainability processes internally and within the community. After the end of the internship in 2017, she worked part-time for the City to implement sustainability programs in Brookhaven and work to manage the first phase of the Peachtree Creek Greenway.

If there is anything that Maggie could say to current or prospective students, it would be to commit to Public Policy and make it your own. “I was able to cater my degree towards energy and environmental policy with an urbanism twist by having a minor in Sustainable Cities from the School of City and Regional Planning. I was able to explore policy and urbanism across the globe on the Pacific Program and in Chapala, Mexico, where my minor capstone was focused. Talk to professors, reach out to Alumni, and don’t be afraid to try something different – especially if it has never been done before!”