Charles Kelley
  CFA, CPA
  Director
  (Term 2008-2010)

Charles Kelley is the Executive Director of the non-profit Rhode Island Student Loan Authority (RISLA) and the College Planning Center of Rhode Island and started with RISLA in 1990.  RISLA was founded in 1981 and provides the majority of the federally guaranteed and private loans in Rhode Island. Kelley founded the College Planning Center in 1998 to provide free assistance to students and families with college selection, SAT preparation, admissions counseling, assistance in filing financial aid forms and scholarship searches.  The College Planning Center has year round locations in the Warwick Mall, and will soon be opening additional offices in Bristol, Middletown and Providence.

Kelley started his career with the international accounting firm of Arthur Young where his primary clients were Textron and Narragansett Capital and obtained his CPA in 1980.

Mr. Kelley received his BS in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island where he was elected President of the honor society Beta Alpha Psi, and holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (the professional designation for investment management), and is a long time member of the South County Hospital Finance Committee and past Chairman of the Education Finance Council in Washington, DC.

Kelley is married to Ann Kelley, Associate Professor at Providence College and has one son in College and a daughter who is a Junior in high school.