Mary Williams Wolf joined Nelson Byrd Woltz in October 1999. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture, both from UVA.   Prior to receiving her Master’s degree she worked in the Office of the University Architect at UVA and the Chattanooga Planning and Design Center. 

Mary began her professional career in New York City working first for Quennell Rothschild and Associates on the Hudson River Park Master Plan then Deborah Nevins Associates, Inc. managing several residential estate projects in many parts of the country.

Since joining NBW, Mary has managed a range of corporate and institutional projects including the Palm Inc. Corporate Headquarters Master Plan in San Jose CA; Ford Rouge Motor Plant in Detroit MI;  two Orient Express Hotels, Keswick Hall and the Inn at Perry Cabin; and the Round Hill Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In addition, Mary was the senior project manager for the Asia Trail at the National Zoo in Washington D.C., which began in 2002 and opened to the public in 2006.   She also served as a senior project manager on the City Garden, a three-acre sculpture park in the heart of St. Louis that opened to the public in July 2009. In addition to large scale public work, Mary has overseen the design and construction of several residential estates in New York, central Virginia, and Tennessee.