Mary N. Lannin

Mary was appointed as a member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) in 2014 based on the recommendation of the House Minority Leader.

Mary N. Lannin, New York City, NY, is a former public television producer director (KTCA-TV 1968-1978) and former California winery owner and representative (Winery Associates 1982-2000, National Accounts Director; Murphy-Goode Estate Winery 1985-2006, Founding Partner).

Her childhood love of coin collecting was rekindled when she purchased a Roman denarius once owned by John Quincy Adams, a noted coin collector and the sixth President of the United States.

She is a life member of both the American Numismatic Association and American Numismatic Society, where she was elected a Fellow in 2015 and as a Board Member in 2017. She is currently a member of the Royal Numismatic Society, the Swiss Numismatic Society, the San Francisco Ancient Numismatic Society, the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society and the New York Numismatic Club, where she serves as Secretary-Treasurer.

A freelance editor with developed skills in numismatic publication, Ms. Lannin has worked with authors from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Greece.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota (1969) and attended Trinity College, Washington DC.