Mary joined Central Methodist University in 2017 following a twenty-two year career with AT&T, Lucent Technologies and AVAYA.  Mary held numerous positions in the companies including regional and national operations management positions, acquisition operations, national disaster planning, and concluded her career as a Senior Manager managing data network installations in India and China.

Mary is a native of Fayette and graduated from Fayette High School.  She has a B.S.B.A in Management and an M.B.A. from Rockhurst University.

Mary and her husband, Jim, have two sons and live on a farm south of Fayette.