KELLI KABERLE MENGEBIER

Kelli Kaberle Mengebier loves community, connectivity, and seeing the best in people and situations.  At HKM, Kelli leads fundraising, board development, and legislative advocacy efforts. Though Traverse City is her favorite town, she is equally comfortable with the hurried pace of Lansing and Washington D.C., where she serves as a conduit between clients and legislative funding opportunities.

As managing partner, Kelli draws upon varied professional experiences that have allowed her to refine her innate communication skills and deepen her understanding of the important axiom between audience and message. Her resume highlights include a decade-plus tenure at the American Cancer Society, where she served as the senior director of community development for New York and New Jersey, a dynamic role as an MTV casting director, and more recently, a return to her philanthropic roots as a major gifts officer at Munson Healthcare Foundations.  

When she’s not skillfully matching resources to projects, Kelli, a proud alumna of Michigan State University, is likely serving on a nonprofit board or conversing with innovative thinkers who, like her, want to leave this world better than they found it.