Mary Ellen Yarossi

Mary Ellen Yarossi is currently the Director of the IPA Institute, the company's research and education division. In this role, she conducts project management training sessions, leads research into drivers of project performance, and conducts numerous analyses of projects and project systems for major corporations around the world. She is widely published in the area of Best Practices for process industry ventures.

Mary Ellen joined IPA in 1989 and has served as Manager for the Chemicals business area and Chief Operating Officer, and has also been a member of the IPA Board of Directors since 1998.

Mary Ellen joined IPA after 10 years of varied industrial experience, including manufacturing management, R&D, planning and inventory control, quality assurance, and process engineering.

She holds an MBA from New York University and received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University.