
Mary has held a range of teaching and management positions in New Zealand secondary schools and was formerly the Senior Manager for Schools Monitoring and Support in the NZ Ministry of Education. In that role she was responsible for national policy development and the leadership of a diverse range of education change management projects.
Mary was formerly a board member for the International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) and has represented New Zealand on the OECD work on ‘Combating Failure at Schools’ and ‘Innovation for Effective Schools’. Mary was appointed as an Executive Trustee for the Cognition Institute from August 2006 - August 2012.