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in January 1984. That loss prompted Agee to investigate the availability of resources for women whose pregnancies end through abortion due to lack of economic, educational or social support. She founded The Nurturing Network to provide women with access to resources, counseling and advice. It is a
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Cunningham and her first husband, financial executive Howard Gray, were divorced in 1980. In June 1982, she married Agee. After 35 years of marriage, Agee filed for divorce from Cunningham, although it was never finalized due to his death in December 2017.
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presents her story of the Network's program over 20 years. In addition to counseling, Agee's educational role at TNN has included writing and motivational speaking. Her work has been featured in publications such as
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in finance and international business. The HBS dean referred to Cunningham as having the "best chance of being the first female graduate of the Business School to become chairman of a non-cosmetic company."
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consortium of volunteers, professional service providers, pregnancy resource centers and faith-based initiatives that has provided tangible resources to individuals seeking their support. Agee's book
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Within a year, she was promoted to Executive Vice President of the newly formed Seagram Wine Company, overseeing the development and implementation of Seagram's worldwide wine strategy.
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At Bendix, she was quickly promoted to Vice President of Strategic Planning by Agee. Following public accusations of an affair with Agee, Cunningham resigned on October 8, 1980.
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in 1981 and 1982. Agee is a Managing Partner of the Semper Charitable Foundation and CEO of the family's boutique wine business, Aurea Estate Wines, Inc.
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Agee serves on the Emeritas Board of FADICA and the Board of Overseers for the Aquinas House at Dartmouth College. She is a fellow of the
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referred to Ms. Agee's common ground position as "the demilitarized zone" in his televised three hour report, "The Next Civil War" on
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Mary Cunningham Agee founded The Nurturing Network following the death of her first child, Angela Grace, in a late trimester
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companies in the 1980s, one of the first women to do so, and was voted one of the "25 Most Influential Women in America" by
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American Women Activists' Writing, An Anthology, 1637-2002, Kathryn Cullen-DuPont, Cooper Square Press, New York, NY,
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voted Agee in their 100th Anniversary Edition as one of "100 Young Women of Promise", and she was included among the
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Powerplay -- What Really Happened at Bendix; Mary Cunningham, Linden Press/ Simon and Schuster, New York, 1984,
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Agee has served on the boards of First Women's Bank of New York, the Catholic Schools Foundation in
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made Cunningham's experience a case study in its course, "Power and Politics in Organizations".
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Deirdre Frontczak, North Coast Catholic, Diocese of Santa Rosa, April 2011, pp 7–11
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Wine Country Women of Napa Valley, Cameron & Co, Petaluma, CA, October 2017,
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The Catholic Funding Guide - A Directory of Resources for Catholic Activities
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Cambridge Who's Who Registry - Executive & Professional Biographies
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to supplement her college tuition scholarship. She enrolled at
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American Women Activists' Writings - An Anthology, 1637–2002
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Agee was an early advocate of establishing a common ground.
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where she reported to both President Phil Beekman, and
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Agee also received the Economic Equity Award from the
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Compassion in Action – Maternal Profiles in Courage
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Index

Mary Agee
Falmouth, Maine
Wellesley College
BA
Harvard Business School
MBA
Bendix Corporation
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons
The Nurturing Network
William Agee
Fortune 100
World Almanac
The Nurturing Network
Falmouth, Maine
Hanover, New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Hanover High School
Cape Cod
short-order cook
bank teller
Newton College of the Sacred Heart
Boston College
Newton, Massachusetts
Wellesley College
ethics
Trinity College, Dublin
Phi Beta Kappa
magna cum laude
B.A.
Harvard Business School

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