Kellie Konysky is the Director for the Education Division of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) located in Los Angeles that serves over 1,000 children and families in its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. She has been with the PACE organization since July 2007, where she started as the Nutrition Coordinator of the Education Division until April 2015 when she became the Director. In the role of Director, Kellie provides direct oversight and implementation of the Head Start/Early Head Start contract provided by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) grantee.

Kellie also works with local, state and national organizations to advocate for and bring supplemental resources to PACE’s under-served communities. She is the Board Chair and Conference Co-Chair for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Roundtable as well as the Treasurer and a Board Member at Large on the National Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Forum.

Kellie holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Foods and Nutrition with an emphasis in Dietetics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She also completed her year-long dietetic internship through Cal Poly Pomona. Kellie is an accredited Registered Dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.