Mary
Williams
Associate Vice-President, McMaster University Advancement
Mary Williams, associate vice-president of University Advancement at McMaster
University, is also a proud McMaster grad. Back in her days as an undergraduate
student, Mary has been heavily involved with the Students Representative
Assembly, Intercollegiate Athletic Council, etc. After working for the
Ministry of Health for a few years, Mary decided to return to her roots
and works for her alma mater. Mary very much enjoys her work at University
Advancement because it provides her with the opportunity to work with
a high-performance team, whose every day work has a significant impact
on the well-being of students and the life of the University. The support
and money they raise for the university helps to ensure that McMaster
can attract the best students, hire great faculty members, and so much
more in support for fulfilling the University’s mission and vision.
Mary’s success as a leader is a combination of at least three factors.
First, she believes in what she does— as she identifies strongly
with the importance of post-secondary education.
Second, she believes great leaders needs to have vision— and this
includes the ability to have others to share your vision. But most important
of all--- she believes in the importance of mentors. Mary believes every
leader has a mentor, someone that they can look up to and help them develop
their leadership skills throughout this life-long leadership development
process and she also believes that every leader has a responsibility to
mentor others as they develop their own leadership style.