Dave Kelly is an award-winning host, writer, and interviewer, and one of the creators of Dave Kelly Live, Canada’s own talk variety show. Dave’s career started as a Junior High Language Arts and Drama teacher, then professional musical theater performer, tapdancing in Toronto with Mickey Rooney, then a TV producer and host, then Breakfast Television guy in Calgary. 

He has spent decades leading conversations with business and political leaders across North America and beyond, from Stanford School of Business in California to Amman, Jordan, and everywhere in between. Ellen Degeneres selected Dave as the moderator and interviewer for her multi-city tour across Canada, he hosted a conversation with President Barack Obama in Calgary and sat down for a conversation with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in Montreal. 

Dave is the co-founder of Kelly Brothers Productions, an award-winning video and entertainment company.