Kelly Heselton, Treasurer

Kelly joined the Board in 1997 as Treasurer after assisting her mother, Audrey Tobin, for two years. Kelly's Mom has siblings with VHL, has known about VHL most of her life, and has fortunately led a healthy life. However, recently, at the age of 49, her Mom learned through DNA testing that she does have an altered VHL gene, even though she has no clinical manifestations of VHL. She is hoping to help researchers identify what has kept her from developing VHL symptoms, and that that knowledge can be used to moderate VHL in other people.

Kelly first heard about the VHLFA when her aunt Lois Erickson (also another Board member) contacted Joyce Graff in 1993.

Kelly works at Norwest Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a Systems Audit Specialist. She has worked at Norwest for 8 years. Kelly is married and lives in Lakeville, a suburb of Minneapolis.