John N. Kelly currently serves as Director of Deliberative Process Design at Civic Makers.  He is a collaborative sense-maker. He has developed and applied a range of deliberative processes that engage citizens and stakeholders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.

John applies a wide range of group process tools and methods to create and maintain the engagement of diverse teams so that they can find value in their differences while developing innovative proposals and solutions.

John has been an independent consultant, a facilitator/consultant for the Global Business Network, and a member of the winning San Francisco team at the 2015 Hack for Congress.