Kelsey Philie

Kelsey Philie is a seasoned strategist with over a decade of experience leading high-impact communications and marketing teams, organizational strategy, and content and messaging strategy. As Executive Vice President at FLEX Partners, she brings a systems-oriented mindset and a collaborative leadership style that drives both strategic clarity and operational excellence.

With an eye for bringing structure to complexity, Kelsey excels at aligning cross-functional teams—spanning research, policy, communications, and development—around unified goals. Her work ensures that every department has the tools and clarity needed to deliver exceptional results, even in high-stakes, fast-moving environments.

Kelsey has led multi-million-dollar public affairs and advocacy campaigns, spearheaded national media strategies, and helped secure legislative and executive reforms. Her approach is grounded in building strong operational foundations—streamlining processes and introducing scalable tools that allow organizations to be both proactive and agile. 

Her writing and messaging work has appeared under the bylines of governors, C-suite executives, and members of Congress in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fox News, Forbes, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Kelsey holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Villanova University. She lives in Virginia with her family.