Kelly Saldana is the Vice President of Systems Strengthening & Resiliency, Abt Associates.  

Twenty years after serving in the Peace Corps, Kelly Saldana continues to be energized by working with local communities to strengthen systems. Her passion for improving systems now extends from communities to organizations and countries around the world. In her current role, Kelly partners with government, private sector, civil society, and multilateral agencies to address complex issues and achieve results, drawing on Abt Associates’ extensive expertise as a primary source for systems strengthening & resilience.  

Kelly figures out how things work so they can work more efficiently. Linking together colleagues’ strengths and expertise to formulate creative and practical solutions to problems, she’s committed to elevating local solutions developed by those most impacted and supporting those solutions to strengthen systems–locally and around the world. In her previous role, she used these approaches to develop USAID’s Vision for Health System Strengthening 2030 and a strategic approach to end preventable child and maternal deaths.