Mary-Marshall VanSant, CCP, holds the position of the Director of the Center for Learning and Professional Development at the University of North Alabama (UNA). The Center serves as the University’s primary means of extending its educational and training resources to the non-traditional and to employers seeking updated workplace skills and the improvement of productivity knowledge. The Center also houses the UNA Agile Strategy Lab.

VanSant has been involved with Strategic Doing since 2014 and serves as both a Certified Strategic Doing™ Workshop Leader and a Certified Strategic Doing™ Fellow. She has led or been a part of numerous Strategic Doing workshops, trainings and speaking engagements throughout the region and around the world. VanSant the Chief Doing Officer for the core team of the Shoals Shift pathfinder project which leverages assets to grow local industries such as software, ecommerce internet selling, information technology and industries based on the use of digital technology. She is also an AEM Cube certified practitioner.

Prior to joining the staff at UNA, VanSant served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Public Policy at the Shoals Chamber of Commerce. At the Chamber she successfully led a capital campaign “The Rhythm of Commerce” raising 2.3 million dollars. Prior to her Chamber position she had a successful career in pharmaceutical and corporate sales.

VanSant graduated Cum Laude from the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Communication.