Executive Staff
MARY A. STROTHER |
Prior to Athenian, her professional career spanned over 15 years in finance, healthcare, and higher education. She has 12 years of financial sales and marketing experience and 14 years of institutional and high-net-worth-individual Investor Relations and fundraising experience in a Fortune 100 company and with a university foundation endowment. From 2001-2007, Ms. Strother served as an assistant dean and senior director in the College of Business at Ohio University and with the Ohio University Foundation. From 1997-2001, Ms. Strother was a regionally-recognized commercial sales professional for Aetna, a Fortune 100 HMO. From 1992-1997, Ms. Strother served as an Asst. Vice President and Trust Officer for First Commerce Corporation, an NYSE-traded multi-bank holding company, with experience on both the commercial and the investment side of the Bank, specializing in marketing strategy. In addition, Ms. Strother has been directly involved in the local community with consulting to early stage businesses with patented IP, leading broad go-to- market efforts, as well as seeking and negotiating deal terms with Angel Investors. She has published and won awards in the fields of commercial banking, finance, sales, and public speaking; and has received awards and recognition for building leadership in diversity in higher education. She holds a BA in International Politics and English Literature from the University of Mississippi, attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, and received an MBA with an emphasis in Strategic Management and Marketing from the University of New Orleans. |
Ms. Strother, 44 yrs, joined the Athenian team in 2007 as the firm's VP of Investor Relations.
She is involved in the firm’s investor relations, fundraising, and marketing & PR activities; as well as the deal flow, investment screening, and due diligence process.