Nepal RAWCS project

Mary, director of Keys To Success, has been a professional educator, and learning and development consultant and trainer for a period spanning 30 years. Mary has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak for 20 years. Mary has lead a number of Rotary projects to Nepal; including teacher-training, health and building ,and  'alternative schoolies' experiences for Orange Year 12 students.

She has worked internationally, in South Africa, the United States and Canada. In South Africa, she was employed by the South African Government, under an AUS AID project to write training materials for Universities and Teachers Colleges. 

Mary has travelled to the United States and Canada, to study Vocational Education and Distance Education Training models. She also worked in Detroit, delivering leadership and other training courses to staff in schools and communities in depressed areas.  

Mary has spoken at International, National and State conferences on a wide range of topics particularly relating to learning, leadership and management. More recently she was invited to present in Beijing at an International Diversity Conference on Learning and , at Innsbruk University, Austria, with a focus on Personalised Learning.

Mary was recently nominated in the Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards

Awarded: Order of Australia – Australia Day 2018

Awarded: Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) 2016

Awarded: Rotary Highest honour Service Above Self 2015

Awarded:  Rotarian of the Year 2012,2013 Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak, for her outstanding work in Nepal

Awarded:  Paul Harris Fellow 2013 for her humanitarian work within Rotary

She is featured in the book Lifting the Lid on Quiet Achievers - Success Stories of Regional Entrepreneurs, Kerrie Phipps. Global Publishing Group