Mary Patterson

Mary joins Team RWB in the role of Grants Manager coming from 13 years of teaching in secondary and higher education. She holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from University of New England in Biddeford, Maine and a Master of Arts in English from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. She is a nationally certified Sports Nutrition Coach and holds a graduate certificate in Military Resilience Counseling from Liberty University. She is a civilian Master Resilience Trainer through the US Army and is a Military spouse, dog mom, distance runner, and backpacker deeply involved with the Appalachian Trail hiker community. She currently resides in Kansas with her husband, John, and their two dogs, Bettie and Bonnie. She loves learning about plant-based performance nutrition and adventure-based therapy and is working to complete her remaining 1/3 of the Appalachian Trail.