Mary Schnare Stodden was elected to a six-year term on the St. Charles Community College Board of Trustees in April 2016. She currently serves as the Board Treasurer and has served as Board Secretary from 2018-20. Stodden retired in May 2014 after a 37-year career as a high school librarian, spending 1978 to 1988 at Duchesne High School and 1988 to 2014 at St. Charles High School. 

She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and library science from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Local and state honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Missouri Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in 2004 and Outstanding Teacher of the Year in a Specialized Area from the St. Charles School District in 2012.

Raised in St. Charles by parents Paul and Helen Schnare, who were instrumental in the initial development of St. Charles Community College, Stodden “wants to carry on that legacy by continuing to make SCC the best institution it can be. SCC provides a place for students to get an excellent education in order to become an employee in the 21st-century workforce.”