Working with top-level executives or entry-level work groups, Mary's goal is the same: to collaborate with her clients to make a positive difference for organisations and individuals.
She does extensive work in executive coaching as well as in designing and implementing feedback processes that focus on management and leadership effectiveness. Other areas of her expertise include facilitating strategic planning sessions, delivering team-building courses and transition workshops, conducting conflict resolution trainings, facilitating start-up team formation, and consulting for nonprofits.
Mary has worked in a wide variety of industries, including retail, oil and chemical, credit, technology, pharmaceutical, real estate, manufacturing as well as in hospitals, professional firms, education, and nonprofit organisations.
Mary has been active in many community organisations, having served as chair of various nonprofit boards, including the American Lung Association of Texas and the Lake Travis Education Foundation. In addition, she has served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Association Executives. Mary has served as Vice-President of the Houston Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She is the Speaker of the Nationwide Assembly of the American Lung Association (effective 5/19/2007), a member of the National and Regional Boards and the CEO Selection Committee, and has been actively involved in facilitating mergers of various state Lung Associations.