Mary Lee
Strategic Partnerships, Social Impact & Workforce Development
- Role
- National Director of Employer Engagement at Upwardly Global
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mary Lee
I\'m a Minnesota native with San Francisco pride and international living experience - Spain, Chile, and Argentina! I\'m an experienced Programs and Project Director with 20+ years in the nonprofit and education industries. My long career with Upwardly Global has led to deep expertise in shaping and executing innovative strategies for inclusive hiring and workforce development, including leading partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and SMEs to drive the launch of AI-powered solutions. I\'m highly-skilled in project management and data-driven program evaluation, alignment, and growth. Human connection is my priority and I love leading teams and building relationships both internally and externally.
Experience
National Director of Employer Engagement
Sep 2025 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US
Oversees and executes UpGlo’s Employer Engagement Strategy -Leading strategic partnership with HiredScore (a Workday Company) to launch a ResponsibleAI powered job matching tool, allowing immigrant and refugee candidates to be surfaced seamlessly to match to open roles within ATS systems of F500s-Engages F500s and SMEs to build out hiring pipelines, create meaningful skilling and mentorship opportunities, craft collaborative workforce development solutions, and to improve employer practices to be more equitable and inclusive for immigrant and refugee professionals-Responsible for building actionable employer partnerships and developing private sector facing products and workforce solutions on behalf of internationally trained immigrants and refugees-Leads Employer Working Group of 100+ companies (Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, etc.) to share leading practices in inclusive hiring and co-create solutions.
Education
Colorado College
BA
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ed.M
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