Mary Hanley
Board Member
Mary has spent most of her professional career as a communications expert in the public sector. She has worked in political campaigns, for city and the federal government, including the US State Department, Commerce Department and the White House. She has also worked as a communications director for a US senator.
Mary’s first encounter with Wilderness Inquiry was during her 13-year tenure as vice president for communications at The Wilderness Society in Washington, DC when Greg Lais was lobbying for wilderness protection for the Boundary Waters. She helped organize an all-women’s Wilderness Society trip to Menogyn with WI in 1997 and since then has traveled with WI to Tanzania, New Zealand and Iceland. She has also enjoyed participating in Canoemobile outings in Washington, DC where she lives. Mary joined the Wilderness Inquiry Board of Directors in 2018.
Occupation:
Semi-retired; public relations and and communications consultant
Education:
BA, International Relations, George Washington University
Graduate studies at the Europa Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Affiliations:
President, The Eric Fund, a non-profit that provides devices for people with disabilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
Interests:
Cycling, hiking, adventure travel, golf, gardening