M3 has announced Dr. Mary Key as the keynote speaker for its 2022 Partners’ Meeting in St. Pete, Florida. Key is a trusted advisor, international consultant, author, speaker, and executive coach. M3 found Key to be the perfect keynote speaker for this year’s meeting due to the meeting’s prime focus of promoting positivity within an industry that has experienced turmoil like no other over the past two years. M3 wants to offer meeting attendees support, networking opportunities, company growth, and having Key as a speaker will aid in that effort.
Key has worked with Fortune 500 companies, Inc. 500 winners, and government entities. Among others, clients have included: Ericsson, IHG, CitiFinancial Retail Services, Nokia, Nissan, Infiniti, Baycare Health System, ACG, Baptist Health Care, Bausch & Lomb, Wyeth Nutrition, Jack Morton Worldwide, Mission Healthcare System, Stanford University, Tribridge, Vector Solutions, myMatrixx, Waymo, and many not for profit and government agencies and boards. She helped Inc. Magazine set up CEO Roundtables around the country and in that capacity, has served as an advisor to CEOs.
She is the founder of the Key Women’s Leadership Forums: The purpose of the women’s forum is to bring together executive women to focus on pressing issues, leveraging their influence, and aligning their careers with what is purposeful for them.
Key also recently authored Seizing Success: A Woman’s Guide to Transformational Leadership and has written numerous blogs other books including CEO Road Rules: Right Focus, Right People, Right Execution and The Entrepreneurial Cat: 13 Ways to Transform Your Work Life. Key received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and her BS from the University of Massachusetts. She was selected to be part of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF), Leadership Florida, Athena Society, and the CEO Council of Tampa Bay. She is a founding member of the Private Directors’ Association, Tampa Bay, and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.
“We are excited to see the viewpoints that Dr. Mary Key offers to our attendees and employees this year. We hope that attendees have key takeaways of how to stay resilient in times of uncertainty and how to build and maintain a strong support network with other attendees to create new possibilities within the hospitality industry,” said M3 Partners’ Meeting Coordinator, Shane Middleton.