Mary Jacobs, MA is the Assistant Dean in the Graduate school of Business and Technology and is the Program Director of the MBA and MHRM programs. Prior to joining Saint Mary’s, she was Director of Center for Sales Innovation at St Catherine University for eight years where she oversaw the B2B and Healthcare Sales majors, facilitated the Sales Executive Forum and managed the professional development programs.
Mary was a sales leader in the airline industry for 19 years at Northwest/Delta Airlines and has lived in Boston, Detroit and Seattle. She worked for Deluxe Corporation and a Minneapolis small tech company before starting her career in higher education.
She has extensive experience working with women entrepreneurs on starting a business and developing sales strategies. She speaks on the topics of “Closing the Confidence Gap-Getting Comfortable Selling Yourself” and “Sales Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs; Successfully Transitioning from Employee to Entrepreneur.