Senior Partner
As a Senior Partner and leader of the economic incentive division of Site Selection Group, Kelley Rendziperis has spent over 20 years negotiating, procuring, and providing compliance services for discretionary and statutory economic incentives of over $1 billion throughout North America.
Being a highly articulate and effective communicator, Kelley consistently gains support for her clients’ agendas from local and state political leaders. She believes in an honest and transparent approach. Kelley is a collaborative negotiator and has successfully secured and facilitated the administration of cash grants, tax abatements, PILOT agreements, sales tax sharing agreements, employee training grants, payroll rebates, sales and use tax refunds, utility benefits, and other economic incentives that have a positive and direct impact on the client’s bottom line.
During her career, including over a decade with Ernst & Young, Kelley has provided state and local tax and incentives consulting throughout the United States to companies in a wide range of industries for various project types, including manufacturing, heavy industrial, oil and gas, transportation, construction products, consumer goods, professional services, e-commerce, healthcare, medical device, and life sciences. Kelley works diligently to improve a client’s return on their investment while ensuring any benefits offered will be fully utilized. She works with the utmost integrity while applying her extensive technical expertise to fully maximize clients’ economic incentives.
Kelley lives in her hometown of Austin, Texas with her husband and two children. Outside of work she enjoys watching sports, traveling, and cooking; however, most of her time is spent at a baseball or softball field cheering on her kids.
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting – Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude – Michigan State University College of Law