Mary Ann Brennan

Mary Ann Brennan has been in procurement since 2007, and has held various leadership roles in procurement and marketing for 30+ years. She has worked on the client side as a procurement and marketing executive, on the agency side as the first COO of a small ad agency and as a strategic consultant with top brands such as adidas, Mattel/Barbie, Wells Fargo and Bank of America and in the Government, Telecommunications, Non-Profit, Entertainment, Agriculture, AdTech, Music/entertainment industries. As a leader in various Fortune 500 companies, Mary Ann built organizations with budgets and indirect spend of more than $2B with companies revenues of $5-$85B, and has successfully partnered with clients and suppliers, traveled globally, been based in 6 major US cities, driving $400MM+ in efficiencies, and $20+MM in revenue. She sits on various boards and is an avid proponent of value based procurement supporting organizations like WBR, ANA, ISM, CIPS and universities such as USC, FIDM, USD and UH. Mary Ann earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business. She is currently obtaining her EMBA from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. She also 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?” Learn more and connect with Mary Ann at https://linktr.ee/maryannbrennan