Mary Foley has been trying to increase her sanity, confidence and fun ever since her freshman year as an engineering student at Virginia Tech.  Thankfully her university experience didn't put her over the edge, but it did cause her to search for a career she loved.  She didn't anticipate she would find it in an $8 an hour job as a customer service rep at the then-unknown America Online.

During Mary's 10 year AOL career she thrived on the company's intense hyper-growth, being promoted four times and becoming the company's first head of Corporate Training.  Even with success, her sanity was tested again and again. She survived six layoffs, a difficult marriage, and bumped her head on the glass ceiling, even though she's only 5' 2" tall.

Not satisfied to settle, Mary reached deep inside to find the inner courage - the bodaciousness - to reinvent her life.  That decision set her on a path where she has never looked back.  She went on to earn a Master's degree in Organization Development, became co-owner of the human resources company HumanR, started her own company Bodacious! Ventures, and wrote her first book, all by the age of 36.

Today, Mary is the author of three books, popular national speaker, and co-host of the Girlfriend We Gotta Talk radio show.  Instead of solving engineering problems she offers women practical, fresh, fun advice to empower their lives, thrive on change, and bodaciously lead themselves and others. 

Her latest book,  Live Like Your Nail Color, Even If You Have Naked Nails became an instant Amazon category bestseller in Success,Self-Esteem,  and Beauty and Fashion.  You could say Mary went from math to manicures.

In her media adventures, Mary has been on the cover of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and spoofed on the E! Entertainment TV Show The Soup.  Spoofed or not, she takes it all in stride.  She says wearing red nail polish helps! 

 Bio of Mary Foley

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