Floradele Principal
With more than 20 years of progressive leadership in communications and marketing roles across healthcare and entertainment industries, Floradele founder and principal, Kelsey M. Combellick brings experience, compassion, creativity and a community-building approach to help organizations make a meaningful impact while reaching strategic goals. Known for her personable nature, professional engagements are approached with curiosity, agility, empathy and inclusivity.
She has built a reputation for her solution-orientation based on both art and science to understand and achieve results, her respect and collaboration with others and her willingness to ask the questions why or why not?
In addition to recent work in the government and nonprofit sectors, Kelsey led integrated marketing and communications strategy for two Bay Area hospitals and its growing ambulatory business, overseeing brand, public relations, advertising, content marketing, digital strategy including CRM, social and web, consumer research and events. She served as Public Information Officer and brand manager for a highly regarded regional trauma center in Orange County and spent more than 10 years in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
Across industries, she has provided communications counsel to leadership, handled crisis communications and internal communications. Her understanding of and collaboration with government relations and fundraising leaders have supported strong community engagement and philanthropy raising awareness and funding.
Kelsey is an active volunteer and advocate for women’s professional development, youth and education, and the environment working with Girls on the Run, National Charity League, YMCA’s Project Cornerstone and more. She is a past board member for Women Health Care Executives.
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About Floradele
Floradele is named after Kelsey’s two grandmothers - Flora and Adele. Each, in their own way and their own right, led lives based on strength, perseverance, joy and generosity. As matriarchs married to equally as engaging men, together, they made a profound impact.
Flora loved to sing, dance, tend to her garden and make authentic Mexican meals. She was the epitome of grace. Always respectful and much more private, she could be seen wearing her pearls with a sweatshirt – a practical yet elegant approach that she applied to her life.
Adele (pictured above) ran her own catering business and cooked for her husband’s clients while raising five children of diverse and strong characteristics. Adele was engaging, fun, fiery and unstoppable. With her Italian temper, she often chose “to agree to disagree” - an approach that allowed people to speak their minds and remain close friends.
Inspired by their grace and tenacity, Floradele is an homage to these incredible women.