Kelly Scherado is the Director of Employee Relations, Absence Management, and Organizational Development in Human Resources. In her role she helps employees and supervisors understand avenues to address their issues, complaints, and/or grievances; including evaluation disputes for administrative faculty. Kelly also oversees processes related to FMLA, ESSL, Catastrophic Leave, annual and sick leave, etc. She also serves as a Title IX Deputy Coordinator.

Kelly has worked at UNLV for almost 8 years, four years in the School of Social Work as a Practicum Student and Research Associate and four years in Human Resources. She is a double alumna of UNLV and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Social Work, all of which has prepared Kelly to be well suited for Employee Relations.

Kelly has lived in Las Vegas for almost 12 years and is originally from Lafayette, Louisiana. She is a “real” Cajun and enjoys sharing stories about her culture. She is also a lover of football (Go Saints!), photography, cooking, and spending time and traveling with her husband and daughter who is already a little Rebel!

Kelly has found home at UNLV. As a Rebel, she is excited and hopeful to have a long and successful career at UNLV.