About
As the Associate Director for the Barger Leadership Insitute (BLI) in the College of Literature, Science and Arts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mary oversees the strategic initiatives, collaborations, staff, and resources of the Institute. With her team of five full-time employees and twenty-five student leadership fellows, the institute provides leadership courses, co-curricular programs, travel, and funding opportunities to nearly 700 undergraduate students throughout campus. As a leader, her ultimate goal is to model and promote a positive workplace where people are trusted and seen as whole individuals. She works to pair people with projects that build on personal strengths and align with the BLI's purpose to be the home for immersive and interdisciplinary undergraduate leadership experiences at Michigan. Mary holds a Master of Public Administration and a bachelor's in psychology from the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of the 2024 Robin Sarris Outstanding Supervisor Award. Her background before the BLI includes more than 15 years of professional fundraising and non-profit leadership for Food Gatherers, the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art, and the Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis (now Twin Cities).
