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Mary Jayne McCullough

Critic · DISC type C
Chief Executive Officer at Global Wordsmiths
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Mary Jayne McCullough is the Founder and CEO of Global Wordsmiths, a social enterprise providing language services. She is also an Adjunct Faculty Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University. Educated at the University of Pittsburgh, she is frequently described by colleagues as a driven, charismatic leader with great strategic vision, committed to community and social justice.

Deeply invested in her community, Mary Jayne serves as a Commissioner for the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations and is on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education. She is a passionate advocate for language accessibility, aiming to ensure non-English speakers can fully integrate and access essential services.

She has dedicated her career to advancing a culture of language justice, leveraging over twenty years of experience as a translator and interpreter.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Personality Overview

How Mary shows up

Objective Thinker
Precise
Critic

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Mary cares about

Language Accessibility
As the founder of Global Wordsmiths and a frequent speaker, she has dedicated her career to improving language access for immigrants, refugees, and non-English speakers.
Social Entrepreneurship
She structured her company, Global Wordsmiths, as a social enterprise where all profits are used to fund social impact initiatives and provide free services to nonprofits.
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Career

Work history

2-2017
Chief Executive Officer
Global Wordsmiths
6-2019
Adjunct Faculty Lecturer of Translation Technologies and Applied Translation
Carnegie Mellon University
2004 - 2017
Freelance Spanish < > English Translator, Interpreter, & Language Access Advocate
Self-Employed
In the press

Media appearances

Pittsburgh Has Heart: Global Wordsmiths. Featured in YouTube
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Pitchwerks #109 - Mary Jayne McCullough | Global Wordsmiths. Featured in YouTube (Pitchwerks Podcast)
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Education
2000 - 2006
Public Service
University of Pittsburgh
2005 - 2005
Spanish Translation and Interpretation.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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