Mary Guelker Wilson grew up in St. Louis, attended high school at St. Mary's Academy in O'Fallon, and currently resides in Dardenne Prairie with her husband. Her 25-year career includes leadership roles in marketing communications for non-profit, public sector and corporate organizations.  Mary currently serves as the National Marketing and Communications for the OASIS Institute. She has also served as a correspondent for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Suburban Journals and MidRivers Newsmagazine, and Patch.com.

 Mary holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, is an Accredited Business Communicator by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and a 2007 graduate of St. Charles County's Vision Leadership program.