Mary Call Blanusa

Mary is Senior Director on the Strategy team at America Achieves, where she applies her extensive experience in strategic planning, and program development & implementation in philanthropy and nonprofit fields. Prior to America Achieves, Mary was a Program Officer at The Helmsley Charitable Trust where she led policy, advocacy and communications grantmaking in the education portfolio. She has led activities to include workforce readiness initiatives as a bridge between K-12 and higher education projects and identify intersections between K-12, post-secondary, and workforce to align expectations and enhance education pathways towards 21st century careers. Mary served in a number of programmatic and leadership roles at the Council for Economic Education, most recently as Vice President of Government Relations and Partnerships. She began her career as a Peace Corps volunteer, teaching English and environmental education to middle school students in Hungary. Mary holds a Master’s degree from the Heller School of Public Policy at Brandeis University, and a Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and Bachelor’s degree from American University.