Mary Klenz was elected to a second term on the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS} Board of Directors in 2010. During her first term, Ms. Klenz chaired the Council and Convention Committee and was a member of the Education, Development, and Technology Committees. She has also previously served the LWVUS as a member of the Nominating Committee for two terms. During her second term she has been appointed chair of the Membership Committee.

State and local LWV involvement include co-president LWVNC, president and first vice president/Action chair of the LWV Charlotte-Mecklenburg. During her tenure as LWVCM president, Ms. Klenz chaired the successful statewide campaign to repeal the state food tax, advocated for campaign and election reform issues, was one of two people to found the LWVCM Civics 101 Program, a program on local government which completed its twelfth year.

In addition to League work Ms. Klenz founded and operated her own business, the Klenz Insurance Agency for Nationwide Insurance for 25 years. She sold her business and retired in 2004. She currently serves as chair and founding member of the Mixed Income Housing Coalition, a diverse grassroots coalition working to change housing patterns and gain support for policies which create and sustain mixed income housing communities throughout the county. Ms. Klenz is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Summit in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and co-chair of the Women’s Political Action Team. She has served the League and her community in multiple ways for several decades.

Ms. Klenz received a BA in Business in 1978 and a MA in Sociology from UNC at Charlotte in 1993. She and her husband Bill lived in Milwaukee, suburban Chicago and Indianapolis before moving to Charlotte in 1973. They have two adult children.