Mary lives in the Arts District of Oak Park with her dog, Dakota, and daughter (when she is home from college). She has done committee work as a teacher, led children programming, served as a member of OPRF’s Community Council, volunteered in many different capacities including most recently, Beyond Hunger, and was a founding Board Member of Chicago Friends School, a private Quaker elementary school in Chicago. Mary’s daughter participated in PING! beginning in 4th Grade through her senior year as a cellist in OPRF’s Symphony Orchestra. Mary values the enrichment PING! has brought to her daughter’s life and the opportunity to pay it forward. Currently, she teaches 2nd grade in Cicero. The skills she brings to the Board are those she developed as a teacher including organization, collaboration, time management, communication, adaptability, and presenting.