Celebrate International Women's Day with Mary Tidlund

The Leadership Development for Women Group at the College invites you to join us to mark International Women's Day on March 8, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. as we hear from Mary Tidlund in an address titled “The Power of Diversity and Innovation”. We will be raffling off three signed copies of her book.


Mary Tidlund is an experienced Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist with extensive international experience. She was the co-founder and CEO of Williston Wildcatters Oil Corporation, a public oil and gas exploration and service company that pioneered horizontal drilling. In 1998, Mary transitioned from the energy industry to philanthropy and founded and led the Mary A. Tidlund Charitable Foundation, a global not-for-profit that from 1998-2018, delivered 90 separate programs in 29 countries focusing on empowering women and children to make lasting changes to health and education, and the alleviation of poverty.

Her philanthropic experience has given her the opportunity to develop a strong global understanding of innovative, relationship-based strategic leadership on a global level. Mary has a demonstrated ability to motivate, inspire and foster cohesive direction to a diverse set of teams, stakeholders, and international community partners. She is a past director with Women Moving Millions, Tostan International and is currently a trustee of the NYC-based Grace Institute Foundation and Dallas, Texas-based public corporations Valhi Inc. and CompX International Inc. In addition to her current board governance work, Mary is the author of the recently published Memoirs of a Wildcat: Unadoptable, Unstoppable, Unconditional Love and is an inspiring public speaker. Mary is an avid skier, hiker, tennis player, traveler, reader, pilot and lives in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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