Carson Kelly

Carson Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Benevolently, a platform that helps connect businesses with social impact initiatives. Prior to launching Benevolently, Carson was the VP of Sales & Marketing at Visual World, LLC from June 2005 to June 2019. In this role, Carson was responsible for the company's sales and business development strategy, with a focus on wholesale Wine & Spirits distribution. From February 2008 to March 2010, Carson was the VP of Business Development at Mobrity, LLC, an offshoot of Visual World that leveraged Visual World technology in the SMB space of Wine, Spirits, and Beer retail and distribution. Carson has also held positions at the Center for Compassionate Leadership, Compassion 2.0, and Social Venture Circle.

Carson Kelly has a Bachelors of Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz in Philosophy and has gone through the Start-up School at Y Combinator. They have also received certification from the Compassion Institute in Compassion Cultivating Training, The Transformative Tech Lab in Accelerator, Fall 2019 Cohort, and Emory University, Center for Contemplative Sciences and Compassion Based Ethics in CBCT Compassion Training.

Some direct reports include Charles Bayliss - CTO, Joe Glorfield - Co-Founder.