--- title: Resilient Roadways Blog | Allie Kelly description: "Allie Kelly is Executive Director of The Ray. In that role, she leads the nonprofit organization that has built the nation’s only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation. Allie was recruited to lead as its first Executive Director in 2015. In three years, she has helped the organization to implement and build almost a dozen ground-breaking, world-leading technology demonstrations, including the first solar road in the United States and the world’s first public demonstration of a drive-through tire safety station. She is also a frequent public speaker and delivered keynote remarks about The Ray from the main stage at transportation, environmental, and technology industry conferences around the world including the U.S Transportation Research Board, AASHTO, VERGE, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, AREDAY and, in 2019, TedX Atlanta, WTS and MOVE. She was the recipient of the 2018 Atlanta Technology Professionals (ATP) Impact Award and was listed as one of the 100 Women to Know by Engineering Georgia in 2018 and 2019. A Georgia native, Allie earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Georgia. She has over 15 years of experience working in public policy, first as a lobbyist for UPS in Washington, D.C., then returning to Atlanta and founding Georgia Watch, the state’s only consumer watchdog organization." --- [![Resilient Roadways](https://www.resilientroadways.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WH_Files/WH_Resilient%20Roadways/Logo/Resilient-Roadways-Logo-wide.png?width=200&name=Resilient-Roadways-Logo-wide.png "Resilient Roadways")](https://www.resilientroadways.com/) # Blog Filter by Category [show all](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog) [Building Resilient Roads](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/building-resilient-roads) [Infrastructure Update](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/infrastructure-update) [Sustainability](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/sustainability) [highways](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/highways) Filter by Category ** - [Show All ](http://thoughtmate-1.hs-sites.com/orange-blog) - [Building Resilient Roads](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/building-resilient-roads) - [Infrastructure Update](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/infrastructure-update) - [Sustainability](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/sustainability) - [highways](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/topic/highways) ### Posts by Topic - [Building Resilient Roads (14)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/building-resilient-roads) - [Education (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/education) - [Geogrid (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/geogrid) - [highways (3)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/highways) - [Infrastructure (3)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/infrastructure) - [Infrastructure Update (3)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/infrastructure-update) - [Pavement Maintenance (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/pavement-maintenance) - [Public Works (2)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/public-works) - [recycled plastic (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/recycled-plastic) - [resilience (2)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/resilience) - [resiliency (4)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/resiliency) - [Roads (3)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/roads) - [Roadways (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/roadways) - [rubberized asphalt (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/rubberized-asphalt) - [smart roads (1)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/smart-roads) - [Sustainability (2)](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/tag/sustainability) [see all](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/author/allie-kelly#) ## Allie Kelly ![Allie Kelly](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/abe492a45510a85b13b11ebabc45ebd1) Allie Kelly is Executive Director of The Ray. In that role, she leads the nonprofit organization that has built the nation’s only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation. Allie was recruited to lead as its first Executive Director in 2015. In three years, she has helped the organization to implement and build almost a dozen ground-breaking, world-leading technology demonstrations, including the first solar road in the United States and the world’s first public demonstration of a drive-through tire safety station. She is also a frequent public speaker and delivered keynote remarks about The Ray from the main stage at transportation, environmental, and technology industry conferences around the world including the U.S Transportation Research Board, AASHTO, VERGE, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, AREDAY and, in 2019, TedX Atlanta, WTS and MOVE. She was the recipient of the 2018 Atlanta Technology Professionals (ATP) Impact Award and was listed as one of the 100 Women to Know by Engineering Georgia in 2018 and 2019. A Georgia native, Allie earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Georgia. She has over 15 years of experience working in public policy, first as a lobbyist for UPS in Washington, D.C., then returning to Atlanta and founding Georgia Watch, the state’s only consumer watchdog organization. - [Read More ** 08 Mar ![](https://www.resilientroadways.com/hubfs/WH_Files/WH_Resilient%20Roadways/blog%20pic%20-%20highway%20-%20shutterstock_584904808.jpg) ](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/what-our-members-have-to-say) [What our members have to say.... Member Allie Kelly from [The Ray](https://theray.org/) talks about the impact of the Resilient Roads Roundtable..... ](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/what-our-members-have-to-say) ** Allie Kelly - [Read More ** 06 Aug ![Photo of a construction crew building a road.](https://www.resilientroadways.com/hubfs/WH_Files/WH_Marketing%20Operations_Sales%20Tools/Project%20Maps/Highway%2020,26/Pixel%20Library/Highway%2020-26%20-%20Photo%202.jpg) ** Sustainability highways Infrastructure Update Building Resilient Roads The Ray Partners With CORE SC to Develop Resilient Infrastructure On Tuesday, June 22nd, The Ray announced a partnership with South Carolina’s Center of Resilience Excellence (CORE SC) for developing technology and innovation that will pave the way for safe,.. ** Allie Kelly ](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/the-ray-core-sc-resilient-infrastructure-sustainability) - [Read More ** 04 Dec ![](https://www.resilientroadways.com/hubfs/12106824_835734429874621_6644713708089698294_n-1.jpg) 4 Questions With... In the new feature **4 Questions With...**, we shine a spotlight on various Resilient Roadways members, asking them four questions around the theme of resilience. This edition of “4 Questions” features a.. ** Allie Kelly ](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/4-questions-with) [**](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/author/allie-kelly#) [1](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/author/allie-kelly/page/1) [**](https://www.resilientroadways.com/blog/author/allie-kelly#) ### Comment ## Subscribe To Blog ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### support ## Resilient Roads Roundtable ResilientRoadways.com will be the primary website used by the Resilient Roads Roundtable initiative to communicate with its key audiences and to influence change. ### Connect with us Sign-up to receive an update when we post new content to the Resilient Roadways blog. @ 2020 Resilient Roads Roundtable