PRACTICE AREAS

Business Law

Non-profit representation

Government Contracts

Government Grants

Bankruptcy Law

Wills and Estates

Living Trusts

Personal Injury Law

Immigration

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Mary O’Connor - BA Mary O’Connor is a Non-Profit Consultant who brings her 28 years of experience in fundraising and community relations in the corporate, political and nonprofit sectors. As a national leader of a nonprofit foundation and through her leadership role at a Washington policy institute, Mary enhanced her skills as a bridge builder and created an extended network of contacts from coast to coast. Her abilities as a facilitator, advisor, and organizer are exemplary.

Mary’s professional accomplishments have been recognized with awards such as the Thomas Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service, WXIA-TV Atlanta Community Service Award and the YWCA of Greater Atlanta Academy of Women Achievers. Her professional credentials in fundraising include her service as Vice President of the Atlanta Chapter, National Society of Fundraising Executives. She was appointed by the Olympic Council of Ireland to serve as their Attaché for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. After moving from Atlanta to Washington in 2003, she served as Director of Outreach for the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. In this role, Mary assisted the CEO in soliciting contributions from Trustees, implementing fundraising strategy, building a National Council of Advisors and taking charge of fundraising for the CSPC Annual Awards Dinners, which generated yearly revenues up to $576,000. Mary served as President of the nationally recognized Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS Foundation), a nonprofit foundation of more than 1600 women in 17 metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. Since its inception in Los Angeles in 1958, the organization has awarded over $83million to 14,000 students in areas of science, engineering and medical research. Prior to serving as the first East Coast National President, Mary was the Founder and First President of the ARCS Atlanta Chapter from 1992-1994. Mary is a graduate of Trinity College, Washington D.C. She lives in Arlington, VA and currently serves on the Board of Meridian International Center, is a member of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, the Women’s Committee, Blair House Restoration Fund and the WomenAgainstAlzheimers Advisory Board. She is a mother of four children and has eight grandchildren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary's professional credentials in fundraising include her service as Vice President of the Atlanta Chapter, National Society of Fundraising Executives. She was appointed by the Olympic Council of Ireland to serve as their Attaché for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.