{{short description|American lobbyist and political consultant}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Peter G. Kelly | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1938}} | birth_place = | occupation = Lobbyist and political consultant | awards = 2015 Luminary Award | office = Chair of the Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee | term_start = February 27, 1981 | term_end = February 1, 1985 | office2 = Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee | term_start2 = March 1979 | term_end2 = February 27, 1981 | predecessor2 = Evan Dobelle | successor2 = Charles Curry }}
'''Peter Galbraith Kelly Sr.''' (born 1938) is an American lobbyist and political consultant. He received the 2015 Luminary Award in The World Affairs Council of CT.<ref>{{cite web |title=Luminary Award 2015: Honoring Peter G. Kelly |url=http://ctwac.org/Lists/Events/DispForm2.aspx?ID=104 |publisher=Ctwac.org |accessdate=13 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095125/http://ctwac.org/Lists/Events/DispForm2.aspx?ID=104 |archivedate=18 May 2015 }}</ref>
==Education== After education at Georgetown University and Yale Law School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cna.org/about/leadership/board/kelly.aspx|title=CNA Corporation - Peter G. Kelly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513051443/http://www.cna.org/about/leadership/board/kelly.aspx |archive-date=May 13, 2008|quote=Peter G. Kelly: Board of Trustees; Principal and Chairman, Updike, Kelly and Spellacy; Managing Director, Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey, A Subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller...Mr. Kelly—a graduate of Georgetown University, magna cum laude, and The Yale Law School— is a senior principal of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., a law firm with offices in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut. He is a member of the bars of Connecticut, New York and the District of Columbia. }}</ref> Kelly founded his own law firm, Updike, Kelly and Spellacy.
==Career== He served as the Democratic National Committee treasurer (1979–1981) and finance chair (1981–1985).<ref name=Zaiman19790310>{{Cite news |title=Democrats To Name Kelly Party's National Treasurer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/368153011/ |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |date=March 10, 1979 |last=Zaiman |first=Jack |page=16 |volume=CXLII |issue=69 |edition=Final |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=Waters19810228>{{Cite news |title=Kelly Helps End Black Representation Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/368741383/ |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |date=February 28, 1981 |last=Waters |first=Robert |page=D10 |volume=CXLIV |issue=59 |edition=Final |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=Lightman19850202>{{Cite news |title=Democrats Present Party Reins To Paul Kirk, Ex-Kennedy Aide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/245490586/ |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |date=February 2, 1985 |last=Lightman |first=David |page=1 |volume=CXLVIII |issue=2 |edition=2nd |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Time |title=The Slickest Shop In Town (page 1) |quote=The political credentials of the partners are imposing. Charles Black, 38, was a top aide to Senator Robert Dole and the senior strategist for President Reagan's re-election campaign in 1984. Paul Manafort, 36, was the political director of the 1984 G.O.P. national convention. Roger Stone, 33, was the Eastern regional campaign director for Reagan in 1984 and is now one of Congressman Jack Kemp's chief political advisers. '''Peter Kelly, 48, was finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1981 to 1985.''' Lee Atwater, 34, was Reagan's deputy campaign manager in 1984 and is now Vice President George Bush's chief political adviser. Alone among the firm's partners, Atwater sticks to advising electoral candidates and does not lobby.|date=3 March 1986|last=Thomas|first=Evan|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,960803-1,00.html|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418033553/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,960803-1,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Thomas |first=Evan |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,960803-2,00.html |title=The Slickest Shop in Town (page 2) |magazine=Time |date=March 3, 1986 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226060300/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,960803-2,00.html}}</ref> He served as senior political advisor to Al Gore in 1988 and 2000, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and John Kerry in 2004.<ref name="PBN">[http://www.pbnco.com/eng/news/access_pbn/pdf/issue21/Access_PBN_issue21_A4.pdf Access PBN: Our Leaders<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706044557/http://www.pbnco.com/eng/news/access_pbn/pdf/issue21/Access_PBN_issue21_A4.pdf |date=2008-07-06 }}</ref>
Kelly was a founding partner Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly (BMSK) and its successor, Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey (BKSH & Associates), one of the most powerful lobbying firms in the United States, owned by public relations powerhouse Burson-Marsteller.
===Activity in international relations===
After retiring from BKSH, Kelly worked with The PBN Company,<ref name="PBN"/> has served as Vice Chairman of International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), as director and treasurer for the National Democratic Institute, and as managing director of Burson-Marsteller in Latin America. He is a former Chairman of IFES's Board.<ref name=ifesboard>{{cite web| url = http://www.ifes.org/board.html| title = Board| work = IFES| accessdate = Oct 16, 2009| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090301051155/http://www.ifes.org/board.html| archivedate = 2009-03-01}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{C-SPAN|6443}}
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