Mary Lee Schneider is the lead independent director for the Larry H. Miller Company board of directors. Mary Lee also serves on the board of directors for PGIM’s Alternative Investments Funds and the board of trustees for Penn State University. At Penn State, she also serves on the Penn State Investment Council (PSIC), the oversight body for Penn State’s $6 billion endowment. She has served on the boards of Active International, Old World Industries, Intermatic the board of advisors for Shure Inc., and various board committees for VSP Global. On the not-for profit front, she is chair of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Leader Council, and is a lifetime director of the Chicago Public Libraries Foundation.
Mary Lee was the president and chief executive officer of SG360°, a $300 million provider of print and direct marketing solutions based in Wheeling, Illinois. SG360° is owned by the New York-based private equity firm ICV Partners. Prior to SG360°, Mary Lee was president and CEO of Follett Corporation, a $2.7 billion privately held family-owned company headquartered in Westchester, Illinois. She was named the first non-family CEO after serving 11 years on the board.
Prior to Follett, Mary Lee served as president of digital solutions and chief technology officer for Chicago-based RR Donnelley. During her 20-year career at RR Donnelley, Mary Lee had responsibility for building, managing, and growing technology-enabled businesses, as well as for setting overall research and development strategy and investment direction. She started her career in publishing in New York working for Conde Nast Publications, Time Inc., and McGraw Hill.
Mary Lee has a B.A. from Penn State University, an M.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and an MBA and an M.S. from Northwestern University.
Mary Lee and her husband Ed live in the city of Chicago.
