Lory Kelley

About Lory Kelley

Lory is Bernard Robinson & Company’s Managing Partner with over 20 years of experience in public accounting serving clients and in firm leadership roles. She has experience working in many industries, including residential and commercial real estate and general and specialty contractors. She applies her knowledge and practical ideas to meet the needs of firm clients from both a business and tax perspective. Lory also has a great depth of experience in creating tax strategies that take into account the whole picture: the individual, their families, and their entrepreneurial enterprises. Lory has been the firm’s managing partner since 2021. She represents the shift to the third generation of leadership within the firm’s 75-year history. Lory’s focus is on sustainable firm growth by attracting top talent through BRC’s unique culture and employee experience, being the leading accounting and consulting firm in serving the middle-market, family business sector, and being entrepreneurial in spirit as new opportunities arise. Prior to being named Managing Partner, Lory served as the firm’s Tax Practice Area Leader for three and a half years developing strategies within the tax department to most effectively manage teammates, developing formalized tax service lines, sustaining client service through the pandemic, and developing an overall culture of teamwork and comradery. Lory graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (“NCACPA”), the Construction Finance Management Associations (“CFMA”), and Rotary Club of Greensboro.

Experience

1. Managing Partner

   BRC

   Sep 2021 — Present · Winston-Salem, NC, US

Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  BS, Accounting

  1996 — 1998