Mary Carpenter is the President of the Midwest Region for PHD, a global media agency network that is part of Omnicom. She leads a team of 175 media professionals who create and implement advertising investment strategies for leading global and US marketers, including SC Johnson, Hormel Foods, Porsche, Kohler and BRP. She was named one of the Leading Women in the Automotive Industry by Automotive News in 2005, and was honored as an Advertising Working Mother of the Year by Working Mother Magazine in 2008.