Mary Roberson

Mary Roberson serves as the Compact’s senior director of commissioner relations and operations, overseeing the commissioner appointment process and communications for MHEC’s 60-member governing board. She manages the Compact’s websites, webinars, and digital communications, while also supporting communications for all organizational meetings and events and internal operations.

She is an active member of the Minnesota chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), serving on the Chapter and Community Engagement Committee for the IABC United States Region. Additionally, she holds memberships with the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators, the Minnesota chapter of the American Marketing Association, and the Digital Marketing Institute, where she is recognized as a Certified Digital Marketing Professional.

With a B.A. in Communications/Public Relations from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and a Mini-Master’s in Business Communication from the University of St. Thomas, her professional background includes roles as Public Relations Coordinator for UNI’s Center for Urban Education (UNI-CUE), voter registration promotion for the Iowa Democratic Party in Black Hawk County, and extensive management experience in printing and production at Kinko’s (now FedEx Office). She has also completed a risk management professional development course through Marsh USA Inc.

In addition to her professional commitments, she is an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter ES, Eagan, where she has served as past president and on the Minnesota State Chapter State Membership Committee. She also volunteers as an election judge. She joined the Compact in February 1998.