Mary Sauer
2020 ALI Fellow
Prior to ALI, Mary was co-founder, senior vice president, and a board member of Sonic Solutions, a company she and her partners bootstrapped, took public, and grew into a leading developer of digital audio and video software. She previously worked at Lucasfilm, serving as the director of marketing for the Pixar group and the vice president of marketing for The Droid Works; she also worked as a management consultant.
A seed-stage investor and supporter of entrepreneurial activity at universities, Mary has judged business plans and advised start-ups at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard Business School; she also serves on the Harvard SEAS Dean’s Advisory Cabinet and the Stanford MLA Advisory Council. She has served on multiple school boards, was a trustee of the Buck Institute of Aging, and she and her husband have sponsored art restoration and conservation projects in Florence, Italy.