Tim Kelley has served as the Director of the International School of Stuttgart for 17 years and has been a leading educator for over 30 years. Formerly the Head of Ross School in New York, he was also the Headmaster for the Leysin American School in Switzerland. He began his career at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham Massachusetts (USA) as an award-winning teacher.  He has a BA from Bowdoin College and an MA from the University of Maine Orono.

He has served as a member of the Executive Committee for the Swiss Group of International Schools, the Chair of the Association of German International Schools Board of Trustees and is currently the Chair of the Board for the Educational Collaborative for International Schools.

In addition to being a recipient of a Klingenstein Fellowship on Educational Leadership, he has been a speaker and presenter for TAISI (India), AAIE and AGIS conferences. He frequently consults and presents in schools all over the world and has recently worked with the World Bank and the Learning Academy to support the development of teaching and education in the country of Georgia.