17 Facts About Jill Kelley

Jill Kelley is a Lebanese-American philanthropist, activist, and diplomatic advisor.

Jill Kelley is a former South Korean Honorary Consul, and a former honorary ambassador to US Central Command under General James N Mattis.

Jill Kelley was born Gilberte Khawam on June 3,1975 in Beirut, Lebanon to Syrian parents.

Jill Kelley grew up near Philadelphia, and was known as Gigi.

Jill Kelley has an older sister and a younger brother.

Jill Kelley's parents immigrated to the United States in 1976 and opened a Middle Eastern restaurant in Voorhees, New Jersey in 1988.

Jill Kelley then worked with a physician as a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jill Kelley met Scott Kelley, a cancer surgeon, and the two married in 1998.

In 2021, Jill Kelley was invited to serve as the Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Ionic Rare Earth, a publicly traded company specializing in rare earth heavy magnets and mining.

In 2012, Jill Kelley held the informal title of Honorary Consul to South Korea and served as Honorary Ambassador to US Central Command in Tampa.

Jill Kelley runs an advisory firm called Military Diplomacy Strategies LLC and is a founder of SafeGuard Surgical, a medical technology company, as well as EdentifID, a blockchain technology company.

In 2021, Jill Kelley assisted in the evacuation of hundreds of Afghans from their country when the Taliban seized power.

Jill Kelley provided support to rescue Christians and LGBTQ into Canada and has noted the special risks of these marginalized groups.

Jill and Scott Kelley met General David Petraeus when he was transferred to MacDill Air Force Base in November 2008.

In 2012, Jill Kelley filed a complaint to the FBI that she was being harassed over email.

On June 3,2013, Jill Kelley filed a privacy lawsuit against the federal government alleging that investigators violated her privacy rights by unlawfully searching her personal emails and disclosing false descriptions of the nature of them to the media.

In 2016, Jill Kelley published a memoir about her role in the Petraeus scandal.