CEO

Mary L. Carrido

Mary L. Carrido founded MLC & Associates, Inc. in 1987 and serves as the Chairman and CEO. Ms. Carrido has been the driving force behind MLC's growth and unblemished reputation. This includes leading the organization through its successful transition from an industry leading Business Continuity consulting firm to a full-service Management Consulting firm.

Mary has worked hand-in-hand with countless organizations and government agencies. She has helped them mitigate risk, manage organization-wide programs, and think and act strategically. In addition, Mary provides on-going Executive Coaching for many Senior Leaders.

In her passion for advancing the field of Business Continuity, Mary has served in leadership roles at numerous organizations. She served two terms both as Chairman and CEO of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP). Mary served on the White House Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction and is a co-founder of the Disaster Recovery Business Alliance (DRBA). She is considered by her peers to be a thought leader in modern Business Continuity theory and practice.

Mary is an international speaker in the fields of Business Continuity, Business Impact Analysis, Emergency Response, Strategic Planning, and Leadership. Mary has written numerous articles and is also a contributing writer to several books 9, 9 Coaching: Team Management for Winners; Disasters by design: a Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States; Disaster Recovery World II; Electronics Handbook; Electronic Systems Maintenance Handbook and has been published in numerous periodicals.

Ms. Carrido pursued her undergraduate degree in Economics from UCLA and is a graduate of Stanford University's Executive Bank Management Program. In addition, Mary has over a decade of experience in the Financial Services and manufacturing industry prior to founding MLC.