Kelli Loos is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management. She is also a returning citizen who has now worked with both Anne and Sara on the inside and outside. Originally from Virginia, she relocated to Maryland for work with Benchmark Hospitality at Lockheed Martin. After tragic circumstances led to her incarceration, she met Maryjoel through Second Chance for Women, and then ultimately worked with Elizabeth, co-founder of PREPARE. Kelli was one of the first clients to receive assistance through the PREPARE program. Elizabeth led the advocacy call with Kelli’s family, and was impressed by the high level of support and collaboration. Kelli believes that PREPARE was instrumental in her personal parole preparation process, and she received immediate release. She now uses her previous experience in project management, networking, organization and event planning to grow PREPARE’s reentry network.
Kelli believes strongly in the human capacity for forgiveness, accountability, growth and change. Equally important is her certainty that parole preparation must include a well thought out, individualized reentry plan or order to be successful when you return to your community. She has faith that PREPARE’s groundbreaking work in Maryland will reverberate throughout the correctional system, leading to more opportunities for decarceration, which is more than just getting people out of prison.
