Kelly M Turpin

Development Director
She/Her
email - 612.278.0150

Kelly connects the dots between The Jungle’s mission and donor, foundational, and community support. Her career in artistic development has included work with The Southern Theater, Cantus, most recently the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and she currently serves on the board of ComMUSICation.

Originally planning a career in opera performance, she quickly saw the need for greater transparency and authenticity in the art form. As a response, she founded An Opera Theatre (AOT) in 2018 with a vision of Art to Action inspired through opera and where she currently acts as Executive Director & Producer.

When not dreaming up new artistic ventures, Kelly enjoys cooking, cold plunging, yoga, road trips, and living out her punk rocker dreams on her basement drum set all in the company of her partner and their cat kids Percy and Motley.