About Mary Dunbar
Benefits of Electing Mary Dunbar to City Council
- As an experienced business person with financial and communications expertise, I can help ensure that Cleveland Heights operates in a financial sound manner.
- I can help the city develop and implement forward-looking strategic action plans that capitalize on strengths and create a bright civic future.
- I will support preservation and improvements of our coveted homes, walkable neighborhoods and popular commercial areas.
- I am energetic and can dedicate full time to public service.
Education
- B.A., English Literature, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
- M.A., Mass Communications, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- M.B.A., Finance and General Management, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Certificates of Director Education, National Association of Corporate Directors, Washington, D.C., and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Select Experience
- Cleveland Heights resident since 1970.
- President, Fairfax PTA. During my term, enabled a reinvigorated assembly program and improvements that made the playing field usable.
- Member, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Heights Community Congress, Shaker Lakes Nature Center, Home Repair Resource Center, Heights Arts, Future Heights and more.
- Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in West Cameroon, West Africa. My students at a Roman Catholic boarding high school for boys achieved by far the highest pass rates on international examinations in chemistry and English in the country’s history.
- Senior Vice President, Dix & Eaton. Retired after 20 years with the firm. Assisted a wide range of public and private company clients in many industries with financial communications, marketing communications, crisis communications, community relations, media relations and public relations. Previously helped promote Ohio’s Thomas Edison Program to foster entrepreneurship and new business in this state.
- Former board member of the Cleveland Education Fund, Cleveland Scholarship Program and Cleveland Council of World Affairs.
- Former Board member and Chairman of the Board of the National Investor Relations Institute, a 4,300-member association supporting professional development, high ethical standards and transparency. During term as Chairman, oversaw NIRI’s first-ever internal audit and implementation of corporate governance charters, internal controls and whistleblower policies. Also led search for a new CEO.
Family
- Husband, Rob, is a professor of chemistry at Case Western Reserve University. Two grown sons live with their families in San Francisco and Yokohama.
