Kelli B. Marshall
Strategy. Systems. Sustainable Results.
Kelli Marshall is an accomplished executive, strategist, and leadership coach with more than two decades of success across the education and nonprofit sectors. As Founder and CEO of Vine Elements LLC, she partners with school and system-level leaders to clarify their vision, strengthen teams, and build sustainable organizations that deliver measurable, lasting impact for students and communities.
Through Vine Elements, Kelli provides executive coaching, leadership development, and strategic advisory services that help leaders translate bold ideas into actionable strategies. Her work supports education leaders nationwide in advancing school performance, designing improvement systems, and driving organizational transformation.
Proven Leadership and Measurable Impact
With two decades of leadership experience, Kelli Marshall has led transformational work across schools, networks, and education non-profit teams to strengthen academic outcomes and build sustainable systems.
Before founding Vine Elements, she served as Senior Vice President of Schools at The Mind Trust, supporting more than 20 charter and innovation network schools and driving measurable academic gains across the portfolio.
Kelli led the scale of the Indy Summer Learning Lab, serving more than 5,000 students annually and achieving steady gains that exceeded 20 percentage points in ELA and math proficiency by the program’s fourth year. The model’s success led to statewide expansion, doubling access to high-quality summer learning.
Executive Experience
Appointed by the board as Chief Executive Officer of Tindley Accelerated Schools, Kelli led and directed the consolidation of a six-school charter network, strengthening academic quality and long-term financial sustainability. As Founding Principal of Tindley Collegiate Academy, she launched Indiana’s first all-girls middle school, recognized as one of the state’s top-performing charter schools.
She also served as Chief Academic Officer for GEO Academies and as Founding School Leader of GEO Next Generation High School–Indianapolis, where she launched and led the replication of a quality high school model centered on college immersion and workforce readiness. In partnership with the CEO, she forged partnerships with higher education institutions and local organizations to provide students with early college access and real-world career pathways.
Her experience further includes serving as an Adjunct Professor at Butler University, where she taught graduate-level coursework on school improvement for three cohorts of aspiring principals.
Credentials and Service
Kelli holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Indiana University Bloomington and a Master's degree in Education Administration from Butler University. She is a Certified Executive Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching and a graduate of the National Principal Supervisor Academy at the Relay Graduate School of Education.
A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Kelli currently serves on the Board of Directors for Matchbook Learning and as a Director with the Global Special Education Association, contributing to national efforts that expand access to high-quality, inclusive education.