KelleyTexas Mayor Biography

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Facts About the Mayor's Home Town of Garland, TX

Settlers arrived in 1850, and the community was launched in 1874 with a store and later a corn mill on the banks of Duck Creek (settlement took the same name).

Due to a dispute over two railroads, the government moved the post office and renamed the town Garland after then Attorney General A.H. Garland.

Garland was incorporated in 1891. It is located in the northeast corner of Dallas County.

Garland entered into the power and water supply business in 1923, and Garland Power and Light is now the third largest municipal electric system in Texas and the thirty-ninth largest in the United States.

Population of Garland in 2000 was 215,768.

Mayor Kelley's Texas Roots

The Mayor's most recent hobby involves family history. She has been particularly interested in researching ancestors that lived in Texas prior to statehood.

Kelley's fourth great-grandfather, George Whitfield Terrell, moved to Texas in 1839, eventually settling in San Augustine County. He served as Attorney General of the republic under Sam Houston.

Look for additional family history information to be posted soon.

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Quinlan, TX (located in Hunt County) was founded in 1892 and named after George Austin Quinlan, who was vice president and general manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway Line. In 2005, Quinlan had a population of 1400.

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Mayor - Bio

Name and Location:

Kelley

Quinlan, TX
(Originally from Garland, TX)

Education:

Southern Methodist University
(Bachelor of Music, 1986)

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
(Attended 1991-1992, Music Ministry)

Boise State University
(Master of Science in Instructional and Performance Technology, 2005)

Employment:

In addition to being the Honorable Mayor of KelleyTexas, Kelley is currently a Sr. Training and Development Specialist for Raytheon Professional Services in Garland, TX. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP). Previously, she worked for Office Depot, Inc. for over 13 years, and she taught private piano lessons for 10 years.

Professional Organizations:

American Society of Training and Development (ASTD)
National and Dallas Chapter Memberships
Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP)
2004-2006 Board of Directors - Ft. Lauderdale Chapter
2008 Leadership Team - Dallas Chapter

eLearning Guild

Other Organizations:

JPL Solar System Ambassador

Texas Astronomical Society
Librarian
Kids Program

Epsilon Sigma Alpha International
Pi Delta Chapter

Astronomical League

Hobbies and Interests:

The Mayor enjoys astronomy, weather, music, travel, snow skiing (her favorite place to ski is Copper Mountain, CO), snorkeling, cross-stitch, digital scrapbooking, pin collecting, Texas and family history, and astronomy. In addition, she is an official NASA armchair astronaut. Some day she would like to take up quilting and flying airplanes.

Favorite Things:

Kelley loves bluebonnets (the state flower of Texas), gardenias, butterflies, and the color green.

Bluebonnets in field
The Mayor took this picture of bluebonnets along I-20 near Camp Wisdom Rd. in Dallas, TX.

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