Kelly George, PhD, is currently the Open Innovation Leader at the Clorox Company for the Burt’s Bees brand, where she works to create a future pipeline of innovations through external networks and new technologies.

Kelly brings broad upstream-to-downstream R&D experience from working 15+ years in both the consumer products (Clorox, L’Oréal, P&G) and the pharmaceutical industries (Roche & Merck). In her career, she has held a variety of R&D leadership roles in medicinal chemistry/drug discovery, formulation, product development, global project & alliance management, consulting, and external/open innovation.

Kelly graduated from Washington & Jefferson College with a B.A. in Chemistry and English. She obtained her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Kelly currently serves on the Washington & Jefferson Alumni Executive Committee, and the Edison Biotech Institute Board of Directors at Ohio University. Dr. George is passionate about advancing Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and served on the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC).