Throughout her career, Kelly Murumets has inspired employees and advised leaders from Canada, United States, South America and Europe on how to develop focused strategies and realize results within their organizations. She is particularly expert at galvanizing disparate stakeholders with differing sets of objectives, helping them to identify commonality, and inspiring and motivating them to move in one direction. In 2021, Kelly joined the faculty at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, as an Adjunct Professor in the MBA program. In addition to teaching in the Rotman MBA program, Kelly provides consulting services to corporate clients and does executive coaching, drawing on her 35+ years of business experience. For three years, ending in 2016, Kelly was the President & CEO of Tennis Canada. She joined Tennis Canada after serving for seven years as President & CEO of ParticipACTION, the national voice of physical activity and sport participation in Canada. Prior to her role with ParticipACTION, Kelly was president of Acceris Communications, a then publicly traded US telecommunications company, where she oversaw the integration of four financially distressed companies into one thriving organization that, in 2004, ranked 7th in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 program. Kelly is a motivating public speaker and speaks regularly to groups in Canada and around the world about her professional and personal experiences and her passion for people.

Kelly holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University, a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University (where she received the Gold Medal and the Governor General’s Academic Award), and a BA from Bishop’s University. Among her many recognitions, Kelly was named as one of CAAWS Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016), Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 (2009), CBC’s 10 Most Influential Figures in Sport(2012) and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013).Kelly brings her love of sport and physical activity to her personal pursuits. She enjoys tennis, golf, skiing, scuba diving and hiking, and has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Rainier.