Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2014

About Mary Friend

Mary Friend graduated in 1981 with a degree in Business Administration from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Following graduation, Friend worked in the business field for over 20 years before becoming the Volunteer Resource Manager at the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.

In her position at Ronald McDonald House, Friend has displayed a sustained commitment to helping support the IUPUI campus mission and to fostering the civic growth and development of IUPUI students. Through the partnership between the Ronald McDonald House and IUPUI, Friend has hosted hundreds of students as volunteers at Ronald McDonald House and has also been a mentor and supervisor to numerous Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholars, whom she has helped become civic-minded catalysts for change in their communities.