Mary Ann is an industrial/organizational psychologist and started her Home Depot career in organizational effectiveness, assisting in developing selection assessments and processes. She moved to learning in 2012 to work as an instructional designer and became manager of learning design in 2016, leading a team of nine instructional designers. Prior to her Home Depot career, Mary Ann was a professional ballroom dancer for more than a decade, teaching and coaching dancers from beginner to pro and competing throughout the United States.