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Mary Benedict, MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP has over 13 years of experience in program and project management. Mary began their career in 2007 as the Workforce Development Director at the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Services. In 2009, they took on the role of Program Grant Manager at BioOhio. In 2012, they became the Program Manager at Sinclair Community College. From 2014 to 2018, they were the Program Manager at Clark State Community College, where they led a $2.5M Department of Labor grant to re-energize the Springfield area in the field of Advanced Manufacturing. In 2018, they took on the role of RPA Analyst at The Greentree Group. In 2019, they became Program Manager at Laredo Technical Services, Inc. and in 2021, they took on the same role at USfalcon. Currently, they are the Program Manager at Bestica Inc.

Mary Benedict holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Franklin University in Business Administration and Management. In addition, they have obtained several certifications, including the Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute in May 2019, the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) from the Project Management Institute in August 2021, and the CITI Program certifications for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and IRB members and IRB support staff in November 2022.