Mary Ann Blackburn is a highly accomplished marketing professional from the consumer packaged goods industry. Mary Ann has extensive experience  in market research, promotions, media, public relations, sales management and new product development.

Before forming her own consultancy and joining the O’Reilly/DePalma team, Mary Ann worked at DMC Corporation, a thread/textile and craft/leisure product company with $40 million annual sales, overseeing a $2.5 million budget for marketing and $2 million budget for merchandising.

Among her accomplishments at DMC, Mary Ann created and executed a new merchandising system for major national chain accounts with 2,500 outlets, increasing customer margins by 50%.

Mary Ann works with O’Reilly/DePalma clients in the Northeast region, managing client services and providing media relations services.

Mary Ann and Nora DePalma were college roommates at Montclair State University, more years ago than we’ll ever admit. They worked together on the student newspaper, the Montclarion.