Mary A. Green
Vice President
Ann Green Communications, Inc.
Katlin Swisher
Growing up on a farm in rural Lincoln County, Ann Green
Communications Vice President Mary Green always yearned
to be in school. “Life there was slow, and summers seemed
to last forever because there was little to do,” she says. “As a
result, I loved school.”
Her parents taught her the values of honesty, integrity, hard
work and education, but it was her brother, Roger, who passed
away at the age of 44, who had the biggest influence on her.
“With Roger, there was never an excuse for not taking care of
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responsibilities and commitments,” she remembers. “He lit the
fire beneath me. We were the first generation of college graduates in our family. With my family, the question was never ‘if.’
It was ‘where.’”
Today, Green is a nationally recognized consultant in conflict
resolution and stakeholder relations. She has 28 years of experience in public relations, from grassroots efforts to interacting
with congressional leaders, and her client list includes some of
the biggest names in industry. Throughout her career, she has