Mary Leonard

Vice President/Transportation & Operations, RR Donnelley

A Chicago native, Mary Leonard received her Bachelor of Science degree, in Finance, from DePaul University. Upon graduation she joined FedEx Express. During her tenure with FedEx, Mary held a variety of positions including Finance Analyst, Regional Finance Manager, Station Senior Manager, and was a Managing Director in Field Operations as well as Shared Services. Mary was a Preceptor in the FedEx Leadership Institute, being domiciled in the US for 10 months before being relocated to Europe for 15 months. As a Preceptor, Mary facilitated leadership training for newly promoted supervisors and managers. As part of her European assignment she was responsible for instilling the FedEx culture and People First philosophy across the continent. She was also responsible for identifying European nationals to assume that responsibility. Upon completion of her European Preceptor assignment, Mary was asked to stay on as Managing Director of Operations for the Southeast of England. In that capacity, Mary was the first female Managing Director of Operations for any transportation company in Europe!

Upon leaving FedEx in March 2002, Mary joined the team at RR Donnelley Logistics. There she held several positions, including Director/Carrier Development and Print Consolidation Facilities and Director and Vice President of Package Operations.

In November 2006 Mary joined redbox as Field Operations VP. She was quickly promoted to Senior Vice President/Operations with responsibility for all redbox operations, including Field Operations, Kiosk Deployment, Machine Support, Customer Service, Inventory and Logistics, Operational Excellence, and Facilities. Mary was instrumental in growing redbox from a base of 1,700 kiosks in November 2006 to over 32,000 kiosks at the end of 2010. Under her direction, the redbox team installed one new kiosk, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, between January 1, 2009 and January 31, 2011!! In November, 2010 Mary was promoted to Chief Performance Officer at Coinstar, Inc. (the parent company of redbox). In this capacity she was responsible for Customer Service, Strategic Internal Communications, Operational Excellence, Deployment Operations, and the EPMO across all Coinstar lines of business.

In June 2013 Mary joined Primo Water as the Senior Vice President & General Manager of U.S. Water Operations. In this role she was responsible for 3 lines of business (Exchange, Refill, and the Home and Office delivery unit, Primo Direct). In October 2013 Mary was named Senior Vice President & General Manager for North American Water Operations.

Mary rejoined the RR Donnelley team in April 2014. She currently holds to position of Vice President of Transportation and Operations. In this role she is responsible for the development and execution of Donnelley’s transportation procurement strategy. She is also responsible for seven print consolidation operations across the United States, as well as National Planning and Analytics, Business Integration, Customer Service, and Expedited Print Operations.

Mary lives just outside Chicago in Burr Ridge, Illinois with her husband of 21 years, Tom, and their 20 year old son, Benjamin. An active member of the International Women’s Forum, Mary also sits on the Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. She is Secretary and also chairs the House Operations Committee.