Mary McNamara

Mary provides strategic leadership and direction for the recruitment and admissions activities for D’Amore-McKim graduate business programs, which include MBA, specialized master’s, and graduate certificate programs. She also chairs the graduate admissions committee.

She channels her passion for serving entrepreneurs as a co-chair of the McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network at Northeastern, a Spark Fund Advisor at Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation, a professional advisor at the MIT Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, and a MassChallenge HealthTech judge.

With over three decades of experience in the private sector, Mary continues to serve as managing director at Angel Healthcare Investors and was a founding member of the Angel Capital Association. Previously, she was the COO of an early-stage digital health company and a marketing VP with Fidelity Investments. Earlier in her career, she worked in software development at John Hancock, NYNEX, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Bankers Trust Company.