Mary started out in Dallas, Texas working on accounts like American Airlines, Doritos, Tabasco and Imperial Sugar. After falling in love with the Pacific Northwest, she moved to Borders Perrin Norrander in Seattle (now Draftfcb.) There, Mary was part of the team that pitched, won and did award-winning work for Hewlett Packard Supplies, Group Health Cooperative, Tacoma Guitars and Boeing.

She moved to Draftfcb Chicago in December of 2007 to run Qwest and Kraft. While in Chicago, Mary also led Motorola, the Nestlè pizza business and the global Sharpie account.

Mary returned to her beloved Seattle (and beloved former coworkers) in 2012 as ECD of Hydrogen Advertising. Hydrogen is an independent agency with regional, national and international clients including Agilent Technologies, Sterling Bank and Kenworth trucks.

Her work has been honored at shows like Cannes, The One Show, Clios, D&AD, ADDYs and Effies. She has been featured in Communication Arts, ARCHIVE, Print, Best Spots, Creativity Pick of the Day, 1492 Cultura Creativa, The Wall Street Journal and all of the standard industry pubs.

Mary lives on an island in the Puget Sound with her husband, two children (one of each), three dogs and seven chickens.