Bio

Barbara Kelley is the executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America. As HLAA’s chief executive officer since March 2016, she is the primary spokesperson for the organization. She is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs, and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, advocacy, marketing/media relations, and community outreach. Barbara serves on various boards and coalitions, among them: member of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health; the Federal Communications Commission Disability Advisory Committee; member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Consumer Nominating Organizations; the U.S. co-chair of the Consumer and Professional Advocacy Committee supporting the Delphi Cochlear Consensus Process; Consumer Technology Association Hearing Accessibility participant; Ida Institute Advisory Board and member of the Person-Centered Hearing Network; and, the External Advisory Committee of the National Center for Deaf Health Research, University of Rochester Medical Center. Barbara is also honored to be an Army spouse and is interested in wounded warrior projects and veterans with hearing loss, especially the HLAA Veterans Across America Virtual Chapter.