Mary didn’t set out to become the guardian angel of agency finance. That role found her the day she watched a creative go from pure inspiration to pure despair at the sight of an expense report. Someone had to protect the talent from paperwork, and Mary happily stepped in, quickly realizing she could help teams do their best work by giving them the freedom to focus on it.
Mary’s personal philosophy is simple: take ownership, respect everyone, and keep things moving. On any given day, someone is thanking her for the number of steps she just saved them in a process they didn’t know could be simpler. Known for her supernatural level of concentration, Mary can completely disappear into an Excel spreadsheet, surfacing just long enough to gladly defend the “right way” to build one.
Some people collect coffee mugs. Mary collects passions. She treasures her 500-plus vintage cookbooks (many inherited, all adored) and once catered a wedding simply because it sounded fun. Her dinner parties regularly evolve into dance battles, and her long-standing quest to make Jell-O molds cool again continues with unwavering optimism. She’s also frighteningly good at Name That Tune—one note is usually all it takes.