Tom Kelly has joined The Blackstone Group as a managing director in its Corporate Advisory Group. Mr. Kelly will be based in Menlo Park and will lead a new Blackstone initiative to provide private capital fundraising services to both privately-held and publicly-held companies. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Kelly was a managing director at KEMA Partners, the head of Montgomery & Company's Private Capital Group, and the head of Banc of America Securities' West Coast Private Equity Placements group.