Ms. Kathleen A. Kelly-Ori

When the anglers were here last time, they spent more than $500,000 in the area on everything from food and hotels to rental cars and slot machines at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino, according to Kathleen A. Kelly-Ori, president of Stellar Marketing Solutions in Massena. She works with Mr. Moore to promote the event.

Even before carp tournaments came to the area, there were carp angling enthusiasts coming to fish the St. Lawrence.

"If you talked to people at the grocery store in Waddington, they said, 'Oh, yeah, there are a couple guys from England or Holland fishing,'" Ms. Kelly-Ori said.

Kathleen Kelly-Ori worked side-by-side with the American Carp Society providing marketing, public relations and global media support for the World Carp Championship on the St. Lawrence River in 2005. She is a seasoned tournament professional having served as tournament coordinator for the St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament for the past six years. With an executive management background in the hospitality and tourism field, her marketing ability has complemented professional carp tournament planning, marketing and execution. Kelly has won several awards in both tourism and marketing. She is a partner in CARP Tournament Series and continues to run her consulting firm Stellar Marketing Solutions in Massena NY.

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Kathleen Kelly-Ori

Kathleen Kelly-Ori founded Stellar Marketing Solutions in 2001 and is the company's president. She is a veteran in the field of sales and marketing having worked for nearly 25 years as an executive in the hospitality and tourism industry. She is well-respected among her clients and colleagues for her results oriented initiatives and has received many prestigious marketing and travel industry awards throughout her career. She is a published author and an often-sought teacher and mentor on varying topics relating to marketing, public relations, communications, media relations and promotion.

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Kathleen Kelly-Ori, PresidentStellar Marketing Solutions

Kathleen Kelly-Ori founded Stellar Marketing Solutions in 2001 and is the company's president. She is a veteran in the field of sales and marketing having worked for nearly 25 years as an executive in the hospitality and tourism industry. She is well-respected among her clients and colleagues for her results oriented initiatives and has received many prestigious marketing and travel industry awards throughout her career.

She is a published author and an often-sought teacher and mentor on varying topics relating to marketing, public relations, communications, media relations and promotion.

Kelly is a past-president of the Central New York Chapter of the American Marketing Association and is active in community projects and an advisor for several civic organizations.

Kathleen Kelly-Ori President Stellar Marketing Solutions

Kathleen Kelly-Ori President Stellar Marketing Solutions

Kathy has a keen perspective on marketing this emerging industry in the United States and has a firm grip on all aspects of the carp angling industry around the world.
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Our principal, Kathleen Kelly-Ori earned the Certified Hospitality Sales Professional (CHSP) designation during her career.

Kathy Kelly-Ori will be our guest speaker this year.Kathy is president of Stellar Marketing Solutions - a marketing consulting firm which she founded in 2001.She holds a degree in Library Science from Maria Regina College and SUNY Empire State College in Marketing.

She had a 23 year career as a hotel executive in Syracuse where she was Director of Sales and Marketing for two major hotel chains.She has held numerous positions as an advisor, industry liaison as well as serving on several professional and civic boards.

One of Kathy's most recent roles was coordinator for the St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament this past summer which has familiarized her with Waddington greatly.

For the last few months I have used Kathy Kelly-Ori of Stellar Marketing Solutions for my press releases.She has an excellent distribution network in the Northern New York area.