Mary Brady, President & CEO, The Economic Club of Washington DC

Mary Brady is Executive Director of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., the premier forum for leaders, with a membership roster of senior executives representing over 800 businesses with offices in the Washington Metropolitan region and beyond. Since its founding in 1986 as a non-profit organization, the Economic Club has served as a global interface for the world’s government and international business luminaries who share insights about the critical issues of the day. Since 2008, Mary Brady has also been responsible for directing the Economic Club's education program with annual giving that has grown to more than $1 million each year to directly benefit students graduating from DC Public High Schools. Mary Brady was recognized in Washingtonian’s Most Powerful Women in Washington in 2020, is a 2014 winner of the Washington Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Award, and serves as a judge for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She is also a member of the Boards of Connected DMV, the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital, and The Women's Foreign Policy Group. A resident of Maryland, she is a graduate of the University of Maryland, University College, College Park, MD.