Mary McCue joined L&M as the head of its newly formed London-based subsidiary in July 2001. She began her career in association management in 1989 as an International Marketing Specialist at Smith Bucklin & Associates in Washington DC, where she conducted worldwide export promotion programs under USDA grant funding for three associations in the agricultural commodities and agribusiness sectors. In 1994, she left Washington to launch Interel Association Management in Brussels, Belgium. During her tenure as Director of IAM Brussels from 1994-2001, Mary served as Executive Director or Marketing Director EMEA for six trade associations, one professional society and one international (European) trade federation. The industry and professional sectors of her clients included food & agriculture, human resource management, strategic account management, telecommunications & network computing, manufacturing & home textiles. Before entering the association management profession, Mary worked in marketing for the translation division of Berlitz International and at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria. She has lived and worked in Europe for nearly 10 years and speaks German and French in addition to her native (American) English. McCue holds a B.A. in German Studies from Rice University and is a member of the European and American Societies of Association Executives.