Mary Jacobs, MA is Director of The Center for Sales Innovation at St Catherine University in St Paul, MN. She oversees the Business to Business and Healthcare Sales degree programs and is also a facilitator for the Sales Executive Forum and professional development classes for women professionals offered through the center. Mary teaches courses on Sales, Ethics and Integrity in Selling, Customer Intelligence and Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to working in Higher Ed, Mary was a sales leader for several years, leading teams of sales professionals working with large Fortune 500 companies. Mary worked for Northwest Airlines for 19 years and has lived in Boston, Detroit and Seattle before moving back to the Twin Cities and starting her own sales training business. During her corporate career, she worked with Fortune 500 companies including Amazon, Boeing, Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, Adidas and is experienced working with senior executives and negotiating complex, multi-million dollar corporate contracts. She uses her experience in the classroom when she teaches sales to students and professional women. Her passion is women entrepreneurship, especially women in mid-career, over 40. Her sweet spot is women over 50-a demographic she can relate to. Her personal mission is to build confidence and teach women sales skills to build their companies. She has years of experience working with entrepreneurs and has been working with women who are transitioning from employee to entrepreneur. She started The Women’s Excelerator several years ago and teaches women entrepreneurs how to sell and develop strategy for growth and sustainability. http://www.thewomensexcelerator.com She also self-published two workbooks for entrepreneurs-The Start Up Journal and The Women’s Excelerator Workbook. Mary is an experienced mentor and workshop facilitator and has also been a SCORE counselor for 14 years and has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs.