Mary has joined the FJC team as the Events Coordinator following a decade as an events and theatrical stage manager specializing in the development of new works for regional and off-Broadway theaters. Mary is originally from the Chicagoland area and before she became a lifeguard at the public pool down the street, she spent many happy summers perfecting her marshmallow roasting skills at overnight Girl Scout camps in Wisconsin. She is a graduate of St. Norbert College, a recipient of the Anslem M. Keefe Award in Drama, and studied abroad at the Lorenzo di Medici School of Art in Florence, Italy. Mary lives in Astoria, NY with her husband and dog, and is an amateur pie baker, bike rider, poetry lover, analogue photographer, landscape embroiderer, and international traveler.