State Directors

Mary Van Tyne is a member of the Pittsburgh, PA-based Three Rivers Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America and has been honored to volunteer in positions in that organization at the chapter, regional, and national level, including tenure as the National Virtual Lecture Chair from 2021 through 2024.

Her work has received over 100 awards at local, regional, and national needlework shows and exhibitions; her piece “Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard” won the People’s Choice Award at the Woodlawn Needlework Show in 2018. When not stitching, Mary works at Heritage Community Initiatives, a human services non-profit organization based in Braddock, Pennsylvania dedicated to improving three key factors of socioeconomic mobility: education, transportation, and nutrition.