Kelli Cullinane

Kelli plays a critical leadership role for Next Legacy’s internal and external strategies and processes across the investment, community, and finance teams in order to maximize the firm’s impact. With over 20 years of experience in fund of funds operations, Kelli leads Next Legacy’s financial management and reporting processes, overseeing all aspects of the firm’s and funds’ financial operations.   

Prior to joining Legacy Venture (now Next Legacy), Kelli managed 13 distinct multi-asset class funds at HRJ Capital, a fund of funds with over $2B in assets under management. She began her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, serving financial services clients in Chicago and IT companies throughout Silicon Valley.  

Kelli is a member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows, the venture capital industry’s premier leadership organization. Kelli serves on the advisory boards for Rock the Street, Wall Street, the Zell Lurie Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan, and the California Women’s Wealth Council.   

Kelli holds a B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Accounting from the University of Michigan, as well as a CPA certificate. She splits her time between California and Michigan with her husband Brian and their two amazing daughters. Kelli, her husband, and their teen daughters enjoy time on the softball field, in Tahoe, and at concerts.