A mother of six, motivational speaker, national thought leader, organizational leader, consultant, former educator, principal, and school district Superintendent… and she is a survivor.

She and her family are victims of the horrific Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre resulting in seven deaths and nearly fifty people seriously wounded. Keely was shot, and her two youngest children, 8-year-old twin boys, were injured and seriously traumatized. Her youngest twin, Cooper, suffered near-fatal gunshot wounds and was left paralyzed from the waist down. Keely speaks with vulnerability and honesty about the little-discussed brutal job of picking up the pieces and moving forward through inconceivable adversity. She helps individuals, teams, leaders, schools, organizations, and communities build unbreakable cultures and increases success by redefining resilience and growing levels of belonging through simple, but transformational, micro-moments of connection.

Keely brings her down-to-earth, passionate, and personable style to the stage along with her successful experiences as an award-winning leader and her unique perspective as out nation’s only mass shooting survivor to also be a life-long educator, principal, school district superintendent, and mother of young children catastrophically injured in a mass shooting. By sharing compelling, real-life stories and lessons learned while surviving unimaginable horror, Keely deeply connects to her audience and inspires them to recognize the power each of us has to survive - even thrive - in the most challenging situations. Audience members leave emboldened by the belief that every individual holds the ability to positively impact the lives of others.

As a successful school district superintendent, Dr. Roberts has received awards from organizations such as VH-1, NAACP, Phi Beta Sigma, and more. She teaches leaders to reframe how they engage with their employees to deepen levels of connection between them and those who serve while building a culture of community, strengthening resiliency, and creating shared purpose throughout the organizations they lead - more relevant now than ever before as we face a global human connection crisis in this highly polarized, AI-interested, post-COVID world. Her inspiring and motivating message is relevant and impactful to all; she leaves audiences positively transformed and equipped with practical strategies and actionable steps that they can utilize immediately in their personal and professional lives to successfully navigate any challenges they face.