Kelly Goldsmith

Kelly Goldsmith is a contestant from.

Originally part of the majority Boran Alliance, she is best remembered for being falsely accused by Lex van den Berghe for voting for him at Tribal Council, leading to her becoming the first castaway ever to flip on her alliance and join the minority and then getting voted out of the game.

Profile
Born in San Diego, California, Kelly attended high school at La Jolla Country Day School in California. During those four years, Goldsmith served as class vice president, class president and student body vice president. She was also a varsity cheerleader, class homecoming queen and a National Merit Finalist (having scored 1520 on her SAT).

Graduating in 1997, Goldsmith then attended Duke University where she became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, serving as social chair and rush chair while working towards her degree in Sociology with a concentration in Marketing and Management.

Graduating from Duke in 2001, Goldsmith worked as a behavioral research analyst while applying to graduate school. She attended Yale University from 2004 - 2009 where she obtained her M.A., M. Phil and Ph.D. in Marketing. After graduating, she was hired by the Kellogg School of Management as an Assistant Professor in Marketing. Since then she has received numerous awards for her research and teaching.

Kelly Goldsmith has one brother, Bryan. Her parents are Lyda and Marshall Goldsmith.

Her birthday is April 27.

Survivor: Africa
Kelly started the game with a low profile, being under the radar for most of her time at the Boran tribe. After a shocking tribe switch that sent her to Samburu on Day 13, she started to make her move, starting by finding out who among her new tribemates had previous votes against them. During their first challenge as new tribes, her old Boran comrade Kim Johnson made an "L" hand signal to Kelly, telling her that Lindsey Richter had past votes (in large part to Teresa Cooper and Frank Garrison's continuing vendetta among their former tribemates for mistreating them). Her strategies though were put on hold when Samburu won the Day 15 Immunity Challenge. But after losing the next one, Kelly accidentally overheard Brandon Quinton talking about Lindsey's past votes, thus confirming Kim J.'s information. At Tribal Council, the vote was split along original tribal lines with a 3-3 tie. When the revote did not help, Lindsey's past votes were taken into account, and she was eliminated. They were then merged into the new Moto Maji tribe on Day 20, where Kelly joined the majority to eliminate Clarence Black, where Lex van den Berghe received another vote, making him furious.

Fuming after receiving the "mystery vote," Lex blamed Kelly for the incident, causing the other ex-Borans to turn on her. Not backing down, Kelly allied with the former Samburus to secure herself. But at Tribal Council, Brandon sided with the Borans, giving Boran the numbers once again and sent Kelly to the jury in a 5-4 vote.

At Final Tribal Council, Kelly thanked Kim Johnson for voting Lex off and asked the finalists to guess a number between one and one thousand. Ethan said 888, while Kim said 3. The number was 568 (since The Graduate is her favorite movie), and as Ethan Zohn got a closer number, she voted for him to win.

Voting History
In I'd Never Do It to You, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Lindsey and Tom, forcing a revote. Kelly did not change her vote on the revote.

Post-Survivor

 * After competing on Survivor, in addition to holding research jobs, Goldsmith worked for CBS as a casting associate while applying to graduate school. She casted five of the castaways of, four of them being Ami Cusack, Julie Berry, Brady Finta and Brook Geraghty.


 * In 2004, Goldsmith was admitted to Yale University for a Ph.D. in behavioral marketing with a focus on how psychology can be utilized to understand anomalies in judgment and decision making. Dr. Goldsmith obtained her Ph.D., M. Phil. and M.A. from Yale University. Her areas of expertise are Consumer Behavior, Consumer Decision-Making and Marketing Research.


 * Graduating in 2009, Dr. Goldsmith started a job as an Assistant Professor in the Marketing Department at the Kellogg School of Management, the university best known for excellence in marketing. She remains at that job to date. Her research has been published in several top academic journals, and has received critical acclaim in the media, receiving mentions in outlets such as TIME magazine and the Today Show.


 * On January 9, 2010, Kelly attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.


 * In 2012, Goldsmith was endowed with the Clewett Chair, based on her excellence in both research and teaching. Further, she received the Sidney J. Levy award for excellent teaching in an elective class. In 2013, she was nominated for the L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year award, the highest teaching award that is given at the Kellogg School of Management. She remains among the youngest faculty members to have ever been nominated.


 * In 2014, Goldsmith was recognized as one of the "Top 40 Business School Professors Under 40".  She was also described by CNN and Forbes as one of "8 Young B-School Professors on the Rise".


 * In 2015, Kelly gave birth to twins.

Trivia

 * Kelly is the daughter of best-selling author and management guru Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, and Dr. Lyda Goldsmith. She has one brother, Bryan, who lives in Austin, Texas, and works in real estate.
 * Kelly is the first contestant to have the same first name as a previous contestant.
 * Kelly was the youngest contestant on Survivor: Africa.
 * Kelly's luxury items were Crochet needles and Yarn.
 * Following the show, Kelly was roommates with fellow Survivor: Africa contestant Kim Powers.
 * Kelly set up Kim Powers on a date with another former contestant (Alex Bell from ). The two later got married.
 * She was featured in Chicago Magazine in 2010 as one of "Chicago's Hottest Singles".
 * Kim J. is the only woman to ever vote against Kelly.
 * Starting with Kelly, every castaway who was on Samburu at some point was voted out until none were left. This included Lex and Big Tom, who was on Samburu post tribe switch.
 * Kelly and Brandon Quinton are the first contestants to switch sides to the rival tribe. When Lex van den Berghe decided to get rid of her, she voted with the Samburus against him, while Brandon was convinced by Lex to vote with Boran.
 * Kelly is the first woman to be shown first for her tribe in the opening sequence.
 * Kelly is the second contestant who, in their Jury speech, asked the finalists to think of a number, following Greg Buis.
 * They were both the first member of the jury in their respective seasons.
 * Coincidentally, the people who guessed their questions the closest ended up being the winners.
 * Kelly never pierced any part of her body. This caused a lot of controversy during Final four Immunity Challenge. The anomaly was the final question (Which female contestant has no piercings?) The official answer, given by Kim Johnson to earn the win, was Kelly Goldsmith. Lex van den Berghe answered the question with Lindsey Richter's name, who, unknown to the producers, also had no piercings.
 * Kelly was invited to return for and, but turned down both offers. She was also considered for , but was unable to find a partner to compete with her.