The National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining Board of Directors
Jeffrey S. Kelly

Chief Executive Officer
Hamill Manufacturing Company

Jeff joined Hamill, a family owned business, in 1976 after having served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps as an aviator. He became Executive Vice President in 1981 and assumed the presidency of the company in 1996. He became CEO in 2007.

Jeff served as chairman of the Westmoreland County School-to-Work partnership from 1996 to 2000. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board. He is President of the Board of Career Connections Charter High School (CCCHS) located in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. He serves on the Board of the Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology in Pittsburgh. He has been on the Executive Team of the NTMA since 2004; he served as Chairman in 2007.

In his roles outside the company he has been involved with issues concerning workforce development and the preparation of students for manufacturing careers. He has been a member of Vistage/TEC 411 since 1998 – Vistage is the largest CEO membership organization in the world.

Jeff is a graduate of Serra Catholic High School in White Oak, Pa. He graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from the School of Education. After the Marine Corps, he received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He resides in Delmont, PA with his wife Sharon; he has a 24 year old daughter, Maureen.