Kiley brings over 20 years of experience in the community development and housing sector, most recently serving as Executive Director at the Partnership for Strong Communities where she helped coordinate and lead Connecticut’s affordable housing policy efforts and the HomeCT Campaign. Prior to that, Kiley headed up the City of Hartford’s Department of Development Services where she was appointed by Mayor Luke Bronin in January 2016 and led the City's efforts on multiple large-scale development projects, supporting small business development, building the city's Blight Remediation Team, and overseeing Hartford's stock of affordable housing and housing vouchers.

Prior to her time with the City of Hartford, she served with the US Interagency Council on Homelessness where she helped coordinate Federal policy efforts to prevent and end homelessness among families and unaccompanied youth and to connect people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness to a variety of mainstream federal housing programs. Before joining USICH, Kiley practiced law for six years with Holland & Knight LLP in the area of business tax, specifically equity financing for affordable housing projects eligible for low-income housing tax credits and various state housing finance programs.

Prior to entering private practice, Kiley worked as a policy analyst and legislative advocate for multiple organizations on state and federal policy issues relating to affordable and supportive housing including the National Alliance to End Homelessness. She has also worked in the political arena on various facets of state and national campaigns and helped create Connecticut's first statewide voter file in 2004.

In the community, Kiley is involved with local and regional political causes, as well as supporting homelessness and housing advocacy groups. She is on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Connecticut Municipal Development Authority and recently served on the boards of the Capital Region Development Authority and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

Kiley holds a B.A. in Policy Science and Policy Studies from Rice University in Houston, TX and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law.