Molly Kelly

Molly Kelly is the Executive Director of the Upper Room Recovery Community and the South Bend Recovery Cafe in South Bend, Indiana. With over five years of experience in recovery and reentry services, she leads programs that connect justice-impacted individuals to resources, provide peer-based support, and create opportunities for long-term success. Drawing from her lived experience with addiction and incarceration, Molly has turned her personal journey into a mission: building safe, healing spaces that empower individuals to reclaim their lives.

Before her current role, Molly spent four years with The Last Mile, an in-prison coding program, where she trained as a software engineer while incarcerated and supported others in rebuilding their lives after prison. Her professional path has been shaped by her dedication to community impact, partnership, and advocacy, including efforts in policy change, fundraising, and education on recovery. She is certified in peer recovery coaching and CRAFT facilitation, and completed the Koch Associate Program, deepening her expertise in nonprofit leadership and bottom-up management strategies.

Molly’s work is grounded in authenticity, integrity, and accountability. Every day, she supports men and women in recovery, guiding them in making decisions that sustain their sobriety while engaging the broader community to expand access to treatment and recovery services. Her most notable accomplishment is leading the very community where she once struggled with addiction, giving back to create pathways of hope, healing, and lasting change for others.

• Managing Up, Down, and Across the Organization
• Getting Talent Back to Work Certificate
• The Asana Project Management Certificate
• Computer Software Engineering Certificate

• Indiana University South Bend - BBA

• The Last Mile
• Upper Room Recovery Community
• South Bend Recovery Cafe
• Koch Associate Program