Kelly Tebay was elected to the Board of Trustees for an eight-year term that began Jan. 1, 2019. Tebay is a senior aide for the US House of Representatives. She began her career in professional fundraising with work in non-profits, state government and for a host of state and federal political campaigns. Raised in Shelby Township and Yale, Michigan, Tebay graduated from Yale Public Schools. She enrolled in James Madison College at MSU where she earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations with a specialization in Muslim studies. While at MSU, Tebay studied abroad in Egypt, learned Arabic and served as a member of the Madison Academic Diversity Initiative. She went on to earn a master’s degree in law enforcement intelligence and analysis with certificates in homeland security and critical thinking, also from MSU.