Director

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Mary Lee has served in C-suite leadership roles in public and private companies across the publishing, graphic communications, educational services and direct marketing industries.

 

She currently serves on the boards of Utah-based Larry H. Miller Company, New Jersey-based PGIM Alternative Investment Funds and Chicago-based Propelis. Previous board service includes family-, private equity- and ESOP- owned companies. On the not-for-profit front, Mary Lee serves on Penn State University’s Board of Trustees, the Executive Service Corps Board, is recent past Chair of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls’ Leader Council and is a Life Director of the Chicago Public Library Foundation.

 

Most recently Mary Lee was the President & Chief Executive Officer of SG360°, a $300 million direct marketing company sold to private equity firm ICV Partners. Prior to her role at SG360°, she was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Follett Corp., $2.8 billion provider of educational content and services to K-12 schools and colleges/universities.  Prior to her election as President & CEO of Follett, Mary Lee was the President, Digital Solutions and Chief Technology Officer at RR Donnelley, then a $12 billion provider of communication products and services to Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to her 20 years in various leadership roles at Donnelley, she worked for Conde Nast Publications, Time Warner, and McGraw Hill’s BusinessWeek magazine (now Bloomberg BusinessWeek) in New York City.

 

Mary Lee has a B.A. from Penn State University, an M.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L.  Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an M.S. in Medical Informatics from Northwestern University. She has earned the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certification, was named a “Director to Watch” by Private Company Director Magazine and most recently a Top 100 Director by NACD.