Steve Kelly

Steve Kelly is the CEO of the Knudsen Trust. Before joining the Trust in 2025, Mr. Kelly spent 19 years with James Campbell Company LLC, most recently as the president of the Kapolei Properties Division, and prior to that spent over seven years as an associate with two leading consulting firms in California and Hawai‘i specializing in master planned development, strategic planning and real estate portfolio value enhancement strategies.

Mr. Kelly received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California at Irvine and completed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Advanced Management Program. He serves on several industry group and non-profit and advisory boards, including serving as a past chair of the Trust for Public Land Hawaii Advisory Board, a past president of the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawai’i, a past chair of the ULI Hawai‘i District Council, and a past vice chair of the Kapolei Chamber of Commerce board of directors. He is an active member of several national real estate industry organizations including ULI, NAIOP and Lambda Alpha International.