Scott County, Iowa
John Kelly has extensive experience in various roles within the fields of appraisal and retail operations. Since March 2019, John has served as the Deputy Assessor for Scott County, Iowa. Prior to this role, John worked as a Project Manager and Operations Specialist at Club Champion from December 2017 to March 2019, and as a Residential Appraiser for the City of Davenport from October 2015 to December 2017. Earlier career highlights include serving as Sales Manager at Golf Galaxy and as a PGA Golf Professional at DICK'S Sporting Goods. John began this journey as an Assistant Golf Professional at TPC at Deere Run, which hosts the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic. Education includes a Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Management from Loras College and an MBA from Saint Xavier University, specializing in Business, Marketing, Management, and Finance.
Scott County, Iowa
Cradled by the mighty Mississippi River on the east and south, and the meandering Wapsipinicon River on the north, Scott County, Iowa offers an extraordinary combination of quality living styles. Scott County is part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), located in eastern Iowa and western Illinois on the Mississippi River, 165 miles west of Chicago. The Quad Cities MSA consists of Scott County in Iowa and Rock Island and Henry Counties in Illinois. Combined with the nearly 165,000 Scott County residents, it measures over 350,000 people in population. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis on the north and St. Louis on the south; Chicago on the east and Des Moines on the west. The area's 300-mile market of nearly 36.5 million people comprises nearly 15% of the nation's population. This makes it the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago.