Our Team

Mary Waller, Partner/Chief Operating Officer, Leader of Restaurant & Hotel Services Division

Mary brings more than 18 years of public relations experience to Waller & Company. Her professional strengths include management, meeting facilitation, PR counseling, communication campaign planning, editorial marketing, media relations and customer service training.

At Waller & Company Mary has helped launch six restaurants in Oklahoma and consulted with five additional concepts.

She was named the 2008 Tulsa Public Relations Professional of the Year.

Her background includes extensive executive account experience, including more than five years managing news and marketing at The University of Tulsa, where she managed PR for two colleges and many departments. She also has five years experience as a manager of community relations for St. John Medical Center.

She is a 1988 graduate of The University of Tulsa, with a bachelor's degree in business and a concentration in marketing.

Mary has been an adjunct faculty member at Oral Roberts University, teaching PR Management to juniors and seniors in the Communication Arts Program. She also writes travel stories for area magazines. Mary was honored in the spring of 2007 by the Association for Parenting Publications for her multi-generation travel story based in Charleston, South Carolina. The feature appeared in the July 2006 issue of Tulsa Kids Magazine.

She is a member of the Tulsa Executive Women's Forum. She volunteers her time and professional services for area schools, churches and summer camps.