Kelli Briggs

Kelli Briggs serves as Executive Director of the Family and Community Engagement Department at the Rochester City School District in Rochester, New York, where she has worked for her entire 25-year educational career. She began as a teacher in 2001 and continued in that role for 16 years until November 2016. Briggs then transitioned to the Office of Professional Learning from 2016 to 2019, followed by serving as Director of Community Schools from 2019 to 2021 before assuming her current position. Prior to entering education, she worked in television news as a producer, assignment editor, and associate producer for NBC affiliates in Buffalo while also working as a hairdresser. She earned her bachelor's degree from Buffalo State College, a master's in education from Niagara University, and a second master's degree from St. John Fisher to prepare for administrative roles. Briggs is a member of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa Incorporated in the Zeta Zeta chapter and the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives. She attributes her success to her faith, her family, and especially her mother, and she values the Lord and family above all in both her professional and personal life.