Mary Yntema

Mary Yntema is president and CEO of WorldBoston, a nonprofit that seeks to foster engagement in international affairs and cooperation with peoples of all nations. Prior to WorldBoston, Mary worked as a consultant on nonprofit governance. She has served as interim executive director of the Boston Center for Community and Justice, executing a merger with YWCA Boston; as executive director of the Courageous Sailing Center of Boston; and as founding executive director of United Way Moscow, where she resided for eight years. Her corporate experience includes institutional equity sales at Brunswick UBS Warburg and Pioneer Securities and running a sales department as vice president of the Center for Business Skills Development, all in Moscow. Mary is currently on the board of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). She holds a B.A. from Harvard, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.