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NAWBO-MN - Public Policy Committee Member

Mary founded Moneyweave when she returned to the twin cities with her husband. She is happy to be back in Minnesota. Yes," even in winter," she says! She loves the lifestyle, outdoor activities and hanging with her husband, two children and three dogs.

Among her awards, Mary was the 2014 recipient of the NAWBO-MN "Innovation in Finance" Award. She views NAWBO as the most influential, high-performing organization for female entrepreneurs. She now serves on the NAWBO-MN Public Policy committee - which works to influence Minnesota legislative agendas to better support female entrepreneurism. 

Pam Barley wanted to be an architect - until she discovered that working as an architect on a daily basis didn't have that much to do with designing beautiful houses! But in a way, she did turn out to be an architect. Pam uses her position at Cargill to build relationships that support the things she believes in - like supplier diversity.

Pam grew up on a farm in Iowa as the oldest of five children - and the first in her family to attend a four-year college. She switched from her major in architecture to business and, in a class called Managing Information Systems (MIS), found her career. During college, Pam landed two internships with Cargill that turned into a permanent position upon graduation.

She started at Cargill in Network Provisioning (the alchemy that goes on behind the scenes when a company interfaces its computer systems to the telecom providers). She moved from there into Systems Management (UNIX) and then into IT Research on products for Shared Services (selecting, negotiating and managing projects to design technology solutions to meet business unit needs). From there it was a logical step into global sourcing for IT software and services. Just about when she was considering getting a little bored with IT, an opportunity opened in sourcing for Plant Services for Cargill's North American locations, including facility and contractor services.

And here's where it gets interesting for Women Business Owners and NAWBO members. As part of her sourcing role, she has an opportunity to work with women and minority owned businesses and to help them grow their business with Cargill.

An example of where she has made a real difference for a woman business owner comes from how she structured the requirements for Cargill's "integrated facilities management" service provider. When she selected ABM as Cargill's national provider, she directed ABM to leverage Cargill's relationship with Plunkett's Pest Control (a woman-owned business headquartered in Minnesota). But even better than that, she asked ABM to encourage other companies ABM services besides Cargill, to use Plunkett's. That's building an impressive structure, no?

On the personal side, Pam and her husband Matt, have "two beautiful boys" - Avery (6 �) and Quinn (4).  "Our boys keep us busy with their never-ending energy and love of life. We enjoy outings to the Minnesota Children's Museum and the Minnesota Zoo as well as 'date night' at Biaggi's. We also enjoy swimming, running, cooking, reading, and traveling."