Kelli Carpenter-O'Donnell

Kelli Carpenter-O'Donnell Biography

Kelli Carpenter-O'Donnell (born May 24, 1967) is a former Nickelodeon marketing executive and co-founder of R Family Vacations. She is the former partner of talk show host Rosie O'Donnell.

R Family Vacations

A former Nickelodeon marketing executive, Carpenter co-founded R Family Vacations, a travel company geared towards gay and lesbian families. A documentary film about the maiden cruise that set sail on July 11, 2004, presented a look inside the lives of some of the 500 families that cruised from New York to the Caribbean. The documentary, All Aboard: Rosie's Family Cruise, debuted on HBO on April 6, 2006, and was subsequently made available on DVD. The film was nominated for three Emmy Awards.

Personal life

In 1997, Carpenter and O'Donnell were introduced by O'Donnell's brother Daniel. On February 26, 2004, the couple were married in San Francisco, two weeks after mayor Gavin Newsom authorized the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, which was later determined to be invalid under California law.

Carpenter and O'Donnell have three adopted children Parker, Chelsea, and Blake. Their fourth child, Vivienne, was born to Carpenter through artificial insemination.

In November 2009, O'Donnell announced that she and Carpenter had separated in 2007.

On June 1, 2013, Kelli Carpenter married Anne Steele in New York.

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