Mary served as Senior Vice President and Provost for Ivy Tech Community College. In her role as the Chief Academic Officer for the College and a member of the President’s Administrative Cabinet, Ostrye’s responsibilities included providing strategic vision for existing and emerging academic initiatives; overseeing the development of and compliance with academic and student affairs policy; overseeing the planning and implementation of the curriculum; and managing transfer and articulation for the college. Under her leadership, the College implemented a statewide corequisite model at scale for writing and for over half of its math curriculum; established three math pathways to align with degree and workforce needs; and restructured entry technology curriculum into one year certificate programs featuring competency-based curriculum.