MARY GRACE HILL, CDFA
PROEJCT ACCOUNTANT

mhill@aedesign-inc.com
720.683.6860

Involvement
Treasurer, Women in Lighting Design (WILD Denver)


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WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM VACATION BE?
 My vacation bucket list is extremely long! However, my top three places I hope to visit within the next 5 years are, Nafplio, Greece; Seoul, South Korea; and Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

IF YOU HAD TO WATCH ONE SPORT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WHAT WOULD IT BE?
College Football. More specifically, Penn State football. And if I had to narrow it down to one specific game to watch for the rest of my life, it would be the 2016 Penn State vs Ohio State football game. Penn State won in the final moments of the game, it was my senior year, and I jumped over the sides and ran onto the field with thousands of other Penn Staters!

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WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
I have many hobbies and they all involve being outside! I enjoy walking, hiking, climbing, biking, rollerblading, swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, horseback riding, skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, camping, and bonfires! I am also a huge board game/card game player! I’m known for always caring a deck of cards around in case there is ever downtime to play. Or asking if I can bring board games to a gathering and hopefully teaching someone a new fun board game! Some of my favorite board games are Exploding Kittens, Throw Throw Burrito, Ticket to Ride, Code Names, Costume Party Assassins, Pandemic, and On a Scale of One to T-Rex.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Glenview, Illinois. Fun Fact: Ferris Bueller Day Off outside school pick-up scene is filmed in front of the local public high school. Picture Ferris and Cameron pulling up to the high school front steps in the Ferrari, with Sloane and Ed Rooney standing on the steps. Cut to Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane in the Ferrari driving off down a winding road with a baseball field on the side. That high school and winding street are just down the street from my childhood home.  That scene, along with many more John Hughes movie scenes are filmed all over the northern suburbs of Chicago, which I grew up in!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE?
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

WHAT’S THE BEST PLACE YOU HAVE EVER VISITED?
I am extremely lucky and have been on so many incredible adventures all over the world. I went on a safari in Kruger, South Africa.  One memory from the trip is elephants chased after our Jeep in the middle of the night.  Another amazing adventure is I drove in an RV throughout Alaska and was able to go all the way into Denali National Park and hiked up to a plateau to see the sunrise come over Denali. On that same trip, we took a helicopter to the top of a glacier and then hiked on the glacier. Another RV trip was in Montana and I was able to see the sunrise in Glacier National Park on the “Going to the Sun” road and then kayaked on the lake at the base of the mountain. I’ve also white water rafted down the Colorado River, have gone on a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, and have been on a helicopter ride with no doors over the O’ahu island.