Mary Wooldridge

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Mary Wooldridge

Mary Wooldridge (born 29 July 1967) is an Australian business consultant and political activist, and is a candidate in the 2006 Victorian state election.

1 Childhood and Education
2 Professional career
3 Political Career
4 Personal
5 External links

[edit] Childhood and Education

Mary was born and raised in Melbourne and is the youngest of four children. Mary graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours in 1989. In 1994 she completed a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. She is the sister of Michael Wooldridge, a former Australian Federal Minister of Health.

[edit] Professional career

Mary has worked in executive roles with a number of companies including consultants McKinsey & Company in New York and London, and the Cameron Research Group in Melbourne. She has also worked for Australian Consolidated Press and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited in Sydney^[1].

Between 2001 and 2005 Mary was the chief executive of The Foundation For Young Australians, a not-for-profit charitable trust. In 2002 she was awarded the new Chief executive officer award in Equity Trustees National Nonprofit CEO awards for this role.

[edit] Political Career

Mary joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1987. From 1999 to 2001 Mary worked as a Senior Adviser to Senator the Hon Nick Minchin. As part of her duties with the Senator, Wooldridge took part in an overseas trip that was the cause of some consternation for the Federal Labor Opposition.(1) (2). Currently she chairs the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness, which advises the Federal Minister for Family and Community Services on matters relating to homelessness. In May 2006 she was selected as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Doncaster to replace retiring member Victor Perton.

[edit] Personal

Mary is married to Andrew Barling, a doctor, and they have a son, Jamison. Mary has been a Director of the Breast Cancer Network Australia, Foundation Boroondara and Trinity College at Melbourne University.