As Founding Director of WWf(a)C and founder / leader of the Feminist Leadership Academy, Mary continues to maintain vision and mission; teach in the Feminist Leadership Academy; create and implement programs; develop and train current artists and faculty; develop leaders for future staff locally and for sister schools throughout the country; and vision the future of the WWf(a)C movement.

A creative writing teacher in public education for many years, including a year as Master Teacher at Miami University, Mary was honored in 2006 as Leader in the arts community by Leading Women Inc.. In 2007 she was a finalist in CincyBusiness’ Athena Awards for her leadership as a social entrepreneur. She is a consultant member of Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), and through Consulting for a Change, Mary works with organizations to effect and sustain change.

Mary’s poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies. Her full-length book, Writing for a Change (working title), will be published by Soren Press in 2009.