Kelly McCutchen is the executive vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. He is a native of Ellijay, Georgia, and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was assistant vice president of Trust Company Bank in Atlanta before joining the Foundation in 1993.

His writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Georgia Trend and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has appeared on Georgia Week in Review and other television and radio shows.

At the Foundation, he has helped create the Civic Renewal Project that highlights the work of outstanding community-based organizations, as well as the "No Excuses" program to recognize and study high achieving, high poverty public schools.

He has served on the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees and is currently on the Board of Leadership Georgia. Mr. McCutchen chairs the Governing Board of Tech High, a math, science and technology-focused public charter school in Atlanta.