Mary Ann Brennan

Mary Ann is a respected thought leader and sought-after speaker, teacher and mentor in the procurement, marketing and advertising industries. She has worked on the client-side in both procurement and marketing, and as a consultant within the Sports, Toys, CPG, Retail, Telecommunications, Non-Profit, Entertainment, Financial Services, Agriculture, Tech and Advertising industries.

Mary Ann currently operates as a consultant serving various procurement and marketing organizations, and small to mid sized businesses.

As a leader in various Fortune 500 companies overseeing procurement and marketing teams with budgets and indirect spend of more than $2B and $5-$85B in global company revenues, Mary Ann has worked and traveled globally and has been based in 6 major US cities. She has built global teams, driving $400MM+ in efficiencies and $20MM+ in revenue. As a marketer and procurement professional, she worked on brands such as; adidas, Time Warner/Six Flags, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Yeezy, Reebok, Barbie, Hot Wheels, American Girl, and Fisher Price.

Mary Ann earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business. She teaches Strategies in Business Management at FIDM LA, a self designed course partly based on her US Copyright titled “Has Indirect Procurement Earned a Seat at the Curriculum Table?” From 2021-2022 over ~150 days, Mary Ann drove 30K miles across 50 states and 2 territories and is working on a travel blog using her passion for photography and art and over 20K+ pieces of content and stories. You can find articles/blogs, podcasts, marketing work and other publications/events by Mary Ann at https://linktr.ee/maryannbrennan