Colin Kelly graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1984 from Suffolk University in Boston. During college he began a career in retailing with the Purity Supreme Company and in 1986 purchased his first restaurant. In the following years he added multiple locations and full line catering.
He displayed an interest in community service early on and was elected to the Everett Common Council in 1989, where he served for 11 years. Since then he has contributed much of his time to community service and charitable organizations.
In 2006, he joined Radius Recycling as the government relations manager for the Northeast area and today is the Corporate Director of Public Affairs.
He and his wife, Robin, reside in Middleton, Massachusetts. They have two children, Ryan and Taylor and two grandchildren Jack Kelly and Raegan Harlow.