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General Atomics' Mary Scanlan Salutes Family, Helps Guide Chamber

Prime Poway Woman No. 27 looks up to women such as Sandra Day O'Connor.

Mary Scanlan is no stranger in the Poway business community.

She is the vice president of facilities and real estate for General Atomics and serves on the board of directors of the Poway Chamber of Commerce.

Scanlan, who is most proud of her family, said she looks up to women like former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor because she was a “trailblazer for women seeking careers in male-dominated fields.”

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‘Women’s History Month is a time to reflect on the great women in history who paved the way before me and the work that is still left to be done for future generations of women.”

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