Mary Marshall

Mary began her career running a small, family-owned business. Learning the details of operations and management led her to a career coaching small and medium-size entrepreneurs who were interested in selling their companies. After three years of successfully completing mergers and acquisitions, Mary was fascinated by a small high-tech company and accepted a position as Sales and Operations Manager. In less than three years the company grew from $250K in revenue to over $5MM, with Nintendo and Microsoft included as clients. She was then hired to create a value-added resale channel and start a branch operation for a similar business that led her to become Vice President of the company. She became an owner and President of the company after completing a successful turnaround in less than a year.

After selling her business in 2000, she launched a career as a consultant, primarily focused on operations management and organizational development. This expanded to executive coaching and becoming a Vistage Chair in Seattle. Vistage International is the world’s leading peer advisory membership organization, serving more than 23,000 CEOs and senior executives in 15 countries. Mary successfully ran 4 CEO and Key Executive groups working with over 50 local CEOs. As a Vistage Chair Mary received many awards including the Rookie of the Year, the Chair Excellence Award, the Master Chair designation, and the Star Award. She was consistently ranked among the top Vistage Chairs in the country and was the first woman in Vistage history to hold the #1 Chair ranking for the US.

In 2008 Mary accepted a position running the Western Division. She managed the growth of the division and training and development for approximately 200 Chairs. Mary was promoted in early 2009 to run Training and Development for the entire organization, Chair Selection and New Group starts in addition to her role as Western Division SVP.

In 2012 Mary left corporate life to go back to what she loves best – working with entrepreneurs to help them achieve their dreams. She launched Marshall Advisors as a CEO and Executive Advisory agency. She also teaches a course for entrepreneurs for the SBA called Emerging Leaders.

Mary has also become an author: Putting Together the Entrepreneurial Puzzle, How NOT to Be a Leader, and “The Great Culture [Dis]Connect." In 2018, Mary was named the U.S. Small Business Administration Seattle District Small Business Champion of the Year.