Mary Ann Mills
For twenty years, Mary Ann Mills has built her career in marketing communications
with experience in the areas of event management, strategic planning,
cause-related marketing, brand building and media relations.
Ms. Mills spent eight years in New York City with McGrath/Power Associates.
As Vice President, she managed an account group that included Reebok
International, The Body Shop, TRAVEL & LEISURE Magazine, and Yankelovich
Clancy Shulman. She developed strategic long-term public-relations plans
creating and coordinating events and launching numerous products and
national and grass-roots campaigns.
As Vice President of Marketing for Earth Force, a start-up environmental
group for young people, Ms. Mills developed and executed the launch
strategy and ongoing outreach efforts with an emphasis on hands-on action
events for youth.
Ms. Mills served as Director of Special Events and Public Relations
at WashingtonInc. She planned and executed all aspects of event production
from fundraising to list production to menu selection and protocol.
For eight years, Ms. Mills and her two partners owned and operated five
DC-area The Body Shop stores. Ms. Mills’ focus was event planning,
communications, and community outreach.
Ms. Mills lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband, Dr. Jason
Clay, and three children.
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