​Mary Lee Schneider

Former President and CEO, SG360°

Mary Lee has served in senior leadership roles in public and private companies across the publishing, graphic communications, educational services and direct marketing industries.

She currently serves on the boards of the Larry H. Miller Company, PGIM’s Alternative Investment Funds and SGS & Co., a portfolio company of HPS Partners. She has previously served on the boards of several other privately- held companies. With respect to not-for-profit boards, she serves on Penn State University’s Board of Trustees, is a Life Director of the Chicago Public Library Foundation and is past Chair of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls’ Leader Council.

Most recently she was the President & Chief Executive Officer of SG360°, a $300 million direct marketing company sold to private equity firm ICV Partners. Prior to her role at SG360°, she was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Follett Corp., a $2.8 billion provider of educational content and services to K-12 schools and colleges/universities.  Prior to her election as President & CEO of Follett, Mary Lee was the President, Digital Solutions and Chief Technology Officer at RR Donnelley, a $12 billion provider of communication products and services to Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to her 20 years in various leadership roles at Donnelley, she worked for Conde Nast Publications, Time Warner., and McGraw Hill’s BusinessWeek magazine (now Bloomberg BusinessWeek) in New York City.

Mary Lee has an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L.  Kellogg Graduate School of Management, an M.S. from Northwestern (Medical Informatics), an M.S. (Imaging/Printing Technology) from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.A. (Journalism) from Penn State University. She has earned the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certification, was named a “Director to Watch” by Private Company Director Magazine and most recently a Top 100 Director by NACD.