Mary Stier's profound passion is to bring the wisdom, strength and grace of women's leadership into the world.
As one of the country's foremost experts on female leadership, she taps into her own lifetime of leadership lessons learned and shares them generously. Mary uses masterful storytelling, humor, insight and her hard-earned epiphanies to teach women how to apply their unique leadership gifts for exceptional results.
Prior to founding Mary Stier Connects, a division of The Brilliance Group, Stier enjoyed a 25-year career as one of the top executives of Gannett Company, Inc., a Fortune 500 media company.
As one of the youngest publishers in Gannett's history, Stier served as President and Publisher of The Des Moines Register as well as Senior Group President for Gannett's Midwest and SunCoast Newspaper Groups.
Ultimately, she was responsible for $1 billion in revenue, 26 daily newspapers, 350 non-daily publications, 27 websites and more than 7,400 employees.
Her peers and former employees describe her as genuine, courageous, insightful and passionate. At her core, she's real. And she shares that "realness" with audiences large and small as she fulfills her dream by helping women discover theirs.
Married for 28 years, Mary and her husband have two children and live in Des Moines, Iowa.
