Mary has been fundraising for nonprofit organizations for close to three decades. She was senior development officer at STAND and executive director of College Advancement at Bellingham Technical College. Her work as a private fundraising consultant was the natural outgrowth of her position as senior fundraising associate with Training Resources for the Environmental Community, where she interacted with many outstanding environmental groups, leaders and fundraising champions. Mary is passionate about protecting wilderness and wildlife thanks to her upbringing in British Columbia.