Kelly Close

Kelly L. Close (born December 1967) is an American writer, speaker, and advocate for people with diabetes.

Close was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 18. She received a BA in English and Economics from Amherst College in 1990 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995. She began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and later served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. In 2002, she founded Close Concerns in San Francisco, CA. That year, the company launched a monthly electronic diabetes business newsletter called Diabetes Close Up, a publication that covers 40 conferences per year in 10 countries, and tracks over 100 companies in diabetes and obesity. In 2006 the company launched a newsletter for diabetes patients called diaTribe. To date, she remains the Editor-in-Chief of both newsletters.[1] She has also contributed to About.com’s diabetes site.[2]

Close was recognized in 2012 by the American Diabetes Association with the Excellence in Health Communications award.[3] She is on the board of directors of Diabetes Hands Foundation and Behavioral Diabetes Institute[4] and was previously on the Executive Board of the SF Bay Area JDRF. She is a member of the Healthcare Council of GLG Research.[5]

References
  1. "About Kelly Close". dLife. March 27, 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013. Kelly is Editor-in-Chief of diaTribe, an electronic newsletter that focuses on products and research, and helps people learn about new ways to manage diabetes better... Kelly is also Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Close Up, a newsletter focused on the business of diabetes.]
  2. "LifeWire Writers". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  3. "2012 National Service Achievement Awards". ADA web site. American Diabetes Association. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. "About BDI: BDI Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2013-11-26.
  5. "Ms. Kelly Close". GLG Research web site. Retrieved 19 October 2013.


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