Mary Love

About Mary Love

Love is a public affairs expert with extensive media relations, political strategy, crisis management and strategic communication expertise. Love manages a wide breadth of clients for Mach 1 – from higher education institutions and non-profits to trade associations – and as director of the firm’s natural resources practice, specializes in oil and gas, water and electric industry communications.Before joining the Mach 1 Group, Love served as Director of Public Affairs for the Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), where she was nominated for Outstanding Women in Texas Government.Love’s experience and savvy have received attention locally and nationally. She has been recognized as one of the country’s Top 50 Women Chief Operating Officers by Women We Admire (’24) and received a Bronze Stevie award for Female Executive of the Year (’23) and Agency Planner of the Year (’23) from the Austin Alliance for Women in Media, as well as a nomination for Austin Business Journal’s Women in Business (’22), which celebrates Central Texas women at the top of their industry.A 7th-generation Texan, Love is passionate about sharing her talents to serve her local community. She is the co-founder and board member of the American Energy Institute and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Pink Granite Foundation and Women’s Symphony League of Austin. She’s a former board member of the Austin Alliance for Women in Media and the KLRU Community Advisory Board. In addition, she serves on the Austin Business Journal Leadership Trust and is an active member of Women Communicators of Austin and the Public Relations Society of America.Love earned both her Bachelor\'s and Master\'s of Fine Arts degrees from Texas State University. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling the world with her husband, Jarod, and spending time at her family\'s ranch with their dogs, Henry and Rory.

Experience

1. Partner & Chief Operating Officer

   The Mach 1 Group

   Aug 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Texas State University

  Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Strategic Communication

  2011

• Texas State University

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Electronic Media; Political Science Minor

  2008

• University of Mississippi

  New Media

Skills

• Management
• Team Building
• State Government
• Public Affairs
• Energy
• International Public Affairs
• Executive-Level Communication
• Strategic Planning
• Community Outreach
• Public Education
• Research
• Natural Gas
• Public Policy
• Strategy Implementation
• Public Speaking
• Government Relations
• Report Writing
• Mass Communication
• Marketing Strategy
• Policy
• Public Outreach
• Strategic Communications
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Speech Writing
• Energy Policy
• Message Development
• Government Project Management
• Government Programs
• Project Planning
• Political Communication
• Oil & Gas
• Writing
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Analysis
• Unified Messaging
• Press Releases
• Social Media Marketing
• Public Relations