Principal and founder of Value Generation Partners, Kelli Baxter is a business development professional, specializing in leadership development, consultative sales, and process improvement. Her diverse background includes holding various leadership roles – in a nonprofit organization, a public higher education institution, and an entrepreneurial boutique leadership development consulting firm, which afforded her the opportunity to do what she loves – build long-term professional relationships, convene right-fit partners to resolve organizational challenges, and facilitate leadership development workshops. Kelli has a bachelor’s degree from Malone University, the Human Performance Improvement certification from the Association for Talent Development, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Kent State University. She is a 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from Sales and Marketing Executives International.
Professional Affiliation (past and present)
- Certified in Human Performance Improvement; Association for Talent Development
- Association for Talent Development, Northeast Ohio Chapter member
- Society for Human Resource Management member
- Leadership Stark County graduate
- Stark County Human Resource Association member
- Who's Who in Executives and Professionals member
- Certified Consumer Credit Counselor (CCCC)
- Creditor Relations Committee of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit member
- Membership Committee of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit member
Community Involvement (past and present)
- Naples Children and Education Foundation Winter Wine Festival volunteer
- Gulf Coast Runners Club volunteer
- Greater Naples YMCA volunteer
- QBE Shoot-out Golf Tournament volunteer
- Naples SCORE Chapter volunteer
- FusionPointe Business Mentor
- Walsh University DeVille School of Business Advisory Board member
- American Cancer Society Stark County Advisory Board member
- JumpStart’s Higher Education Collaboration Council member
- Jackson-Belden Chamber of Commerce officer and board member
- Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainability Committee member