Mary Ellen leads marketing and corporate communications across AFL’s global product and services portfolio. She is driven each day to protect and extend the company brand, combined with the strategic development and creative implementation of internal associate and external customer marketing initiatives.

Mary Ellen joined AFL in 2017 after 25 years in the IT channel distribution industry, where she was Vice President, US Marketing at TD SYNNEX—a Fortune 200 technology distribution partner. Prior to that, she was with ScanSource, Inc., and Experience Engineering, leading strategic customer engagement initiatives with several distributor, reseller, retail, financial, and hospitality clients.

At AFL, Mary Ellen was instrumental in launching AFL's newest employee resource group, Women Everywhere Connect (WeConnect), which aims to educate and empower fellow team members in building their careers in manufacturing. Additionally, she serves as the Board Chair of the Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation through April 2025, is a member of the USC Upstate School of Business & Economics Advisory Board, and remains an active Type 1 diabetes advocate in the local community.

A graduate of The Ohio State University, Mary Ellen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications/Marketing, in addition to a Ducktorate Degree from Walt Disney World College in Orlando, Florida. She has been married for over 30 years to her high school sweetheart and is a proud mother of two young adults enjoying southern hospitality at its finest in Greenville, SC.

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