November 2016 MBA Mama of the Month

Our November 2016 MBA Mama of the Month is Allison O’Kelly, Founder and CEO of Corps Team / Mom Corps, a national leader in strategic workforce solutions for highly skilled, hard to find talent. Allison is a 1999 graduate of Harvard Business School, an experienced Certified Public Accountant and an award winning entrepreneur. Allison founded Mom Corps in 2005 to help other CPAs find flexible work without sacrificing the needs of their families. Since that time, the business has evolved into Corps Team, a leader in strategic workforce solutions for highly skilled, hard-to-find talent across multiple industries and professional functions.

Allison has been recognized in the news media (TODAY Show, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes) and awarded on a national level (EY Winning Women, Working Mother, Inc. 500, Conference Board). Before founding Mom Corps, Allison was in a fast track management program at Toys “R” Us, where she had various roles including launching the original Babiesrus.com site and running an $11 million Toys “R” Us Store. Prior to that, she began her career in public accounting at KPMG.

Allison is a mom to 3 boys, a contributor to the Huffington Post at and can be found @allisonokelly on Twitter. Next week, we will be publishing our Q&A with Allison who answers questions about how HBS shaped her leadership style, the evolution of her company, and her childcare strategy as entrepreneur MBA Mama.