Mary was a co-founder of ShoreBank Corporation, a community development-focused commercial bank holding company that operated in Chicago, several other U.S. locations, and internationally from 1973 to 2010 and was an early pioneer of banks with social and environmental investment strategies. She is currently a director of Vancity Community Investment Bank, a subsidiary of Vancity Credit Union in Vancouver, Canada, and Craft3, Northern Initiatives, and Equator Capital Partners. She is active in RE!NSTITUTE to bring her experience in building sustainable non-profit organizations and to learn community-based change methodology. She is a lifelong Midwesterner.