Brendan Kelly is Director of Illinois State Police.

Prior to joining ISP, Mr. Kelly served as St. Clair County State’s Attorney. During his military service as an officer in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Kelly conducted research on Israeli-Palestinian joint police patrols in the Middle East. As an assistant state’s attorney, he served on the Illinois State Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Council. He was a member of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, the Illinois Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform Commission, and the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force.

Mr. Kelly received a juris doctor from the St. Louis University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in government and international relations from the University of Notre Dame.